'Lychnidea Caroliniana floribus...' mb-artist Sayle Janus in Roman mythology was

Janus in Roman mythology was the god of passageways and doorways

St Mary Overie's Church

Before the bonfire is lit the children and nursesplay ring-a-roses round the base which is 50 yards round

Also showing traffic on the bridge and boats on the River Thames

'Lychnidea Caroliniana floribus...' mb-artist Sayle Janus in Roman mythology wasBotanical study of Phlox carolina, described by John Martyn in the Historia Plantarum Rariorum (1728 ) and reproduced there as plate 9, (sponsored by Johann Caspar Scheutzer). From a specimen grown at Chelsea Physic Garden, probably from originals gathered by Mark Catesby. Inscribed in ink 'Lychnidea Caroliniana foribus quasi umbellatim dispositis folio lucidis crassis acutus, Martyn. H. R. P. D.' Not signed. Watermarked 'LVG.' Original: watercolour