Hibiscuses are part of the exotic vegetation on the Brissago Islands in the Swiss part of the Lago Maggiore. The largest island, now a botanical garden, was designed by a beautiful barones, who not only loved flowers but even more money and male intellectuals. Bankrupt finally she had to sell her paradise to Max Emden. Photo Paul Smit.
Hibiscuses are part of the exotic vegetation on the Brissago Islands in the Swiss part of the Lago Maggiore. The largest island, now a botanical garden, was designed by a beautiful barones, who not only loved flowers but even more money and male intellectuals. Bankrupt finally she had to sell her paradise to Max Emden. Photo Paul Smit.
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