Peony display

Illustration from the 1882 catalogue of the Yokohama nursery of L. Boehmer and Co. depicting Japanese visitors at a peony display.

Founded by Louis Boehmer (1843-1896) in 1882, L. Boehmer & Co. was a firm that specialised in exporting Japanese plants to Europe and the United States of America and helped popularise Japanese art and flora to the western world.