Royal Horticultural Society Librariesさんのイラストまとめ

Do you have experience of evaluating digital heritage engagement projects?

We're seeking a freelance evaluation consultant to work with us on an exciting digital volunteering project about nursery catalogues funded by @HeritageFundUK.

Apply by 11 July: https://t.co/3xMijyFwE9

We're well into Spring flowering in our gardens now but how many of these flowers can you identify and which is your favourite?

#SpringFlowers

Crocus varieties, including C. Byzantinus, C, Chrysanthius, C. Tournefortianus, C. Cambessedesianus, C. reticulatus, v. variegatus, C. Clusianus and Damascus Crocus.

Pencil and Watercolour from William Herbert, 'A History of the Species of Crocus' (London: 1847).

L'Ellebore à fleurs rosacées - pink flowered hellebore.

Coloured engraved plate from Pierre Joseph Buchoz, 'Collection precieuse et enluminée des fleurs les plus belles et les plus curieuses, qui se cultivent tant dans les jardins de la Chine, que dans ceux de l'Europe' (1776).

Daffodils get their Latin name from the Greek myth of Narcissus, who fell in love with his own reflection.

The flower in the legend was probably this one, the white and orange Narcissus tazetta, known to have grown in ancient Greece.

Some of the original 17th-century illustrations that inspired this beautiful #AnnieSloanWithRHS Decoupage Paper.

The artist, Pieter Van Kouwenhoorn, was a glass painter working in Haarlem and Leiden in the Netherlands and was one of the teachers of the painter Gerard Dou. https://t.co/aXlCnobc4B

This is ‘Love’, an illustration of rose from ‘Flowers and their Kindred Thoughts’ by poet Mary Ann Bacon (London, 1848).

#ValentinesDay2022 #ValentinesDay

@Bluegirlsamsp So tiny! Not all of them are as dinky. 👇

Often people buy cyclamen in pots so they can be forgiven for not knowing that there's turnippy little things hiding under the ground!

#DidYouKnow Venus flytraps can count?

We'll let Sir David explain: https://t.co/pYOdfTZfm8

#GreenPlanet

📷Engraving of Dionaea muscipula by James Roberts, from John Ellis' 'Directions for bringing over seeds and plants from the East Indies and other distant countries', 1770.

Discover the story of George Fergusson Wilson – the scientist, inventor and experimental gardener who first transformed an area of Surrey farmland into @RHSWisley, the extraordinary garden that we know and love today: https://t.co/OKxG7mEacH