Dumbarton Oaksさんのイラストまとめ

A new collection on @BioDivLibrary, compiled by #PlantHumanities summer intern John Schaefer, highlights the wealth of digitized scientific literature and #BotanicalIllustration surrounding fascinating carnivorous plants: https://t.co/V2cccgYgtd

We get our peaches out in...our #RareBooks🍑

The scientific name, Prunus persica, likely refers to an early European belief that peaches were native to Persia, though genetic studies now suggest peaches originated in China.

#NationalPeachMonth

🎨: https://t.co/sPTCLcSohc

He is also curating a complementary collection with @BioDivLibrary on carnivorous plants and hopes to introduce more folks to the fascinating cultural history of these killer vegetables!

D.C.'s beloved #CherryBlossoms are the result of a gift of Yoshino cherry trees from Japan in 1912. In Japan, terms such as "kaika" (first bloom) and "mankai" (full bloom) describe the highly anticipated emergence of blossoms.

🎨: From さくら大観, https://t.co/l8qUmDf8ON

#APAHM

Happy #InternationalTeaDay! Introduced to England in the 1650s, tea sales of the British East India Company at the end of the #18thCentury — at 20m lbs. — were 400 times as much as at the beginning of the century.

From our BOTANY OF EMPIRE exhibit: https://t.co/368tP9v1Jz

Embellishing your confections for #WorldBakingDay with #chocolate? Originally domesticated in South America, cacao spread throughout #Mesoamerica and gained prominent cultural status as far back as the Formative Period.

From our #PlantHumanities Lab: https://t.co/MBBCq5F1bG

Preparing for the upcoming #APWorld History exam? Get in some more DBQ practice with materials from our #PortraitsOfPlants exhibition, examining artistic, political, and scientific responses to deforestation in the #Amazon.

Available for free download: https://t.co/BLfGfP3AGh

#Plantfluencers aren't the first to fall for the #foliage of Cordyline—#19thCentury French #landscape designers, gardening manuals, and even fashion plates extolled the vibrant and exotic-looking plant.

Meet the Plant of the Month, with @JSTOR_Daily: https://t.co/kd8jOHKYpe

Tropical foliage plants are more popular than ever, but is the present fad for frondescent #houseplants and domestic #horticulture a new phenomenon?

#PlantHumanities Fellow Kristan Hanson examines Cordyline, the new Plant of the Month, via @JSTOR_Daily: https://t.co/0do2HobC9n

Fuchsia may call to mind the eye-popping shade of red-purple, but #DidYouKnow its name comes from a flower that was all the rage in the 19th century?

Our #PlantHumanities Initiative explores the flower's history with @JSTOR_Daily: https://t.co/0eu0uqlHe8