Kew Gardens Library and Archivesさんのイラストまとめ

What better than this stunning illustration of Iris germanica, commonly known as the bearded iris, to follow today’s theme for #ExploreYourArchive #EYABeards Kew’s Library and Archives holds illustrations describing both propagated plants and those growing in the field.

The Digitisation team has digitised 37,000+ orchid specimens from the Herbarium collection!

Find out more 👉 https://t.co/IlziOlHy9W

So, in honour of #BritishPuddingDay, here are some delicious botanical illustrations of 'Vanilla orchids' from the Kew Gardens Library & Archives

The Digitisation team has been hard at work digitising 32,000+ Herbarium orchid specimens.

Here are some of the beautiful botanical illustrations of the Cypripedioideae subfamily, also known as 'slipper orchids' from the Library & Archives collections.

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A celebration of the plants, art, and culture of Mexico runs in Kew’s Temperate House until 31st October 2022. This orchid, Guarianthe skinneri, has a range from S. Mexico to Central America.

Autumn brings lots of fantastic fungi. This beautiful illustrated plate features in J.V. Krombholz’s, publication ‘Naturgetreue abbildungen und beschreibungen der essbaren..’ from 1831-46. #FungiFriday #fungi #illustration #library

Victoria boliviana, a new species of waterlily, was discovered at Kew this summer after being mistaken for Victoria amazonica for over 177 years https://t.co/IMnRRlRxFx

Our Illustrations collection contains some wonderful lithographs of V. amazonica by Walter Hood Fitch.

This expressive 19th Century illustration of a Welwitschia by Walter Hood Fitch was presented to a roundtable discussion at a recent research networking event held for The Philosophical Life of Plants Project. #plantsandphilosophy

Kalanchoe pinnata was a favourite plant of J.W. von Goethe and is variously called the ‘Leaf of life’, ‘Miracle Leaf’, and ‘Air Plant’. Image: Marianne North #plantsandphilosophy @PhilosophyRHUL @LLC_RHUL @kingsgerman @UWEBristol @KewScience @Weimar_GSA @PlantHums_UK @ahrcpress

We are recruiting for a two month Research Assistant to identify illustrations from our collections for an online exhibit as part of the Philosophical Life of Plants Project https://t.co/qurcFIdCFQ
funded @ahrcpress

Apply by 02/02/22 at https://t.co/aXVscXGVrY

Looking into "A complete dictionary of practical gardening" by R.W. Dickson (1807) for an enquiry, with its charming illustrations by Sydenham Edwards: clockwise from left: Lychnis (or Silene) chalcedonica, Leucojum vernum, Lysimachia nummularia #botanicalart #sciart