Art, Symbol & Imagination
Loisa Gentolissima: The Layered Martian Bloom
A heavy rounded flowerhead bends above serrated leaves and several smaller buds. Overlapping dark petals form a deep dome around the central disc. The caption names Loisa Gentolissima, one of the unfamiliar flowering forms presented in the book’s imagined Martian flora.
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Illustrator not identified. "Loisa Gentolissima: The Layered Martian Bloom" [editorial title]. In Journeys to the Planet Mars; or, Our Mission to Ento, Sara Weiss. New York: The Bradford Press; undated title, copyright 1908., undated edition, The Bradford Press. Source scan leaf 113. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0392-0107
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
Reproduced from the exact historical library edition. The surrounding source presents spiritualist or cosmological claims; the image records that publication rather than verifying those claims. The depicted planetary landscapes or plants belong to the source’s imagined or mediumistic accounts.
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Illustrator not identified. Loisa Gentolissima: The Layered Martian Bloom. Journeys to the Planet Mars; or, Our Mission to Ento. Scan leaf 113. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0392-0107