Snakes in the garden!

I can't resist another photograph of our snake's head fritillaries Fritillaria meleagris. This time against a backdrop of yellow celandines.

The name fritillary comes from the Latin fritillus meaning a dice-box. Back in 1597 J. Gerard wrote in his herbal that "It hath been called Frittillaria, of the table or boord vpon which men plaie at chesse, which square checkers the flower doth very much resemble, some thinking that the chess-board was named Frittillus."