BHLさんのイラストまとめ

Happy bday, Augustin Pyramus de Candolle (born #OTD 1778)! #DYK that Candolle coined the word "taxonomy"?

A work that brought Candolle early recognition was "Plantarum historia succulentarum" (1798-1837). In #BHLib via @mobotgarden ➡️ https://t.co/EfE7BUrDWg #TaxonomyTuesday

All parts of the monks cress (Tropaeolum majus) are edible. You may find this flower as an ornamental ingredient in a salad or stir fry. Watercolor by Deborah Griscom Passmore from her album of American wildflowers, in #BHLib via @USDA_ARS ➡️ https://t.co/M4JbqMmofX

The production of "The British Tunicata" was a 50 year affair. The work commenced between 1855-1860, but many events, including the death of the authors, delayed its publication until 1905-12. Explore all 3 volumes in #BHLib via @MBLWHOILibrary ➡️ https://t.co/82lsPINMf4

Artist Margaret Meen's botanicals graced the walls of royal palaces & scientific academies. While largely unknown today, her legacy is an important part of British botanical history. @oak_spring explores her life & work: https://t.co/vgueu0msWT

#HerNaturalHistory #FloraFriday

Edna L. Beutenmüller created #SciArt for several books on insects, including over 700 for "Field Book of Insects" (1918), based largely on specimens from @AMNH where her husband was curator of entomology. Via @MBLWHOILibrary ➡️ https://t.co/Opmy4qSbNZ

#HerNaturalHistory

Susan Fenimore Cooper was one of the 1st American environmentalists and one of the 1st American women to write essays on nature. Her most famous work, "Rural Hours" (1850), is a seasonal journal chronicling the biodiversity around Otsego County, New York. #BecauseOfHerStory

#Conchology: The study of mollusk shells. 🐚🐚🐚🐚
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Explore beautiful shell #SciArt in "A Conchological Manual" (1839), authored and illustrated by George Brettingham Sowerby II (1812-1884). #OpenAccess in #BHLib thanks to @mayrlibrary ➡️ https://t.co/Nu5RqxVORQ

Aloe vera for #BotanicMonday! This succulent has long been used medicinally, for instance in ointments for minor burns and sunburns. #SciArt by Mary Ann Burnett from "Plantæ utiliores" ([1839]1842-1850), in #BHLib via @FieldMuseum ➡️ https://t.co/0IwTo6H3Kd

#HerNaturalHistory

👀 Look...but don't eat! 🍄 ❌ 🍽 ⁣
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These mushrooms might make for a pretty illustration, but they're labeled as "champignons vénéneux" — poisonous mushrooms. #SciArt from "Des champignons comestibles" (1827-28) via @LloydLibraryMus ➡️ https://t.co/K3V9hyyJUl

#FungiFriday

Happy Bday, Alfred Russel Wallace (born #OTD 1823)! 🎉

Wallace authored one of the most popular books on scientific exploration in the 1800s — "The Malay Archipelago" (1869), detailing his 8 year expedition to Southeast Asia. In #BHLib via @NHM_Library: https://t.co/7vVDUWh0wT