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The ‘daffodowndilly’, the ‘Flower of March’, the ‘trumpet flower’… the daffodil is a flower of many names!

Visit our online exhibition to discover more about this surprisingly varied springtime flower…
https://t.co/I4WgcJXrUJ

Images by 19thC daffodil breeder William Herbert

The sweet, shiny black berries of the Deadly Nightshade contain Atropine, which causes rapid heartbeat, hallucinations and seizures when eaten.

In Scotland it was believed that walking over Deadly Nightshade plants would make you see the ghosts of dead people. #FolkloreThursday

Today marks the #birthday of naturalist Mark Catesby, who was born #OTD in 1683. @RHSLibraries hold a copy of his Natural History of Carolina [581.9 (7P) CAT], which is filled with vivid, #engraved plates depicting the flora & fauna he encountered during his #travels. #rarebooks

We're working on a project that will make tens of thousands of images of the Society’s unique collection of rare books, beautiful art and much more available online through a digitisation project.

Find out how and why we're doing this here:

https://t.co/10zqPYDnoj

Tea roses were said to have a faint tea aroma but the name may also reflect the fact that the parent roses of these hybrids came to Europe via the China tea trade routes.

Rose ‘Golden Gate’ from Rosenzeitung magazine 1888

A #ValentinesDay gift from our collections. All day we will be tweeting a bouquet of roses and rose related facts. You can also immerse yourself in the history of this most romantic of flowers here
https://t.co/hQns7n4kVB

Rosa eglanteria by Redoute

Do you garden by the book?

With the launch of our new online exhibition #GardeningByTheBook, we’d love to hear about your favourite gardening books. Which have inspired you, which would you recommend to a friend & why? https://t.co/RzMowjj2ev

Hellebores are adding winter colour in gardens right now.

This image is a coloured engraved plate from a 1776 book "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"

Do you have a favourite gardening manual?

Discover some of ours in our new online exhibition of 12 of the most practical (and beautiful!) gardening guides from our collection https://t.co/RzMowjAD63

#GardeningByTheBook

Today we're sharing some vintage book covers from the turn of the twentieth century.

These are images from our collection. Which one is your favourite?