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Happy to all! Theobroma (Food of the Gods) cocoa, looks very different from a foil covered choco bar. Here is an illustration from Köhler's Medicinal Plants, written by Hermann Adolph Köhler (1834 - 1879, physician & chemist)

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Continuing with our theme for 48 beautiful drawings of plants, and spiders created by Indian artists and collected by William Carey (1761-1834)

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We missed yesterday! Our are truly international: from the depiction of avocado on the island of St Vincent to that of a red panda in Nepal.
Discover more on our archives catalogue https://t.co/ChDn3Bk9k8

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Stuck inside? Follow some of our adventurous Fellows in a series of upcoming blogs. Our first celebrates the Challenger Expedition, which returned home nearly 150 years ago today. https://t.co/iGONlXZp8D

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Our collections include wonderful artwork by local and indigenous artists whose roles need to be recognised and celebrated. Here, John Tyley from Antigua illustrating plants from Saint-Vincent c.1800. https://t.co/IgTWwM6o6g

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Okay, we've got some good people with good skills and interesting potatoes. Awkwardly, we don't have a space ship. Anyone got any ideas?

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Want to find out more about the Linnean Society? Take a look at our hashtag to see short tours voiced by the one & only and blogs by our staff 😍#MuseumFromHome

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Mark Spencer , Botany Curator: W. Keble Martin's Concise British Flora. It’s a beautifully illustrated and accessible work that helped me learn my first wild plant names and get into the world of botany. 3/

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Happy St David's Day! Here is a lovely illustration of N. pseudo-narcissus taken from F.W. Burbidge's The Narcissus: it's history and culture (1875)

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