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From Apple to Orchids, the healing power of plants to modern botanical art, our online collections have something of interest to everyone.

Why not take a break and have a look? https://t.co/VHmaPHP6co

The Cedar tree is often referred to as The Tree of Life in plant folklore, due to it's long life.
It represents purification, with its wood often burnt to ward off evil spirits.
#FolkloreThursday

What can a gardener who lived over 300 years ago teach us about gardens in cities today?

The City Gardener, one of our new online exhibitions explores the life and work of pioneering city gardener Thomas Fairchild.

View the exhibition:
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Did you know that the Romans first started growing the domestic apple because they found our native European crab apples too sour? Find out more about the history of this fascinating fruit in our new online apples exhibition:

https://t.co/95veFhto1W

Did you know each month is represented by a particular flower?

December's is the Poinsettia. Poinsettias symbolize good cheer and success and are said to bring wishes of mirth and celebration These flowers are typically associated with Christmas.

Tens of thousands of images of @The_RHS unique collection of rare books, beautiful art and much more will be available online through our digitisation project.

Find out more about this exciting development here: https://t.co/10zqPYlLZJ

As our tweet on this month's birth flower was so popular we thought we'd share some more chrysanthemum pictures.

These are taken from Volume 1 of 'A Hundred Chrysanthemums' by Keikwa or Keika Hasegawa. The work was published in Kyoto in 1891 by Tanaka Jihei & Yamada Naosaburo.

William Hooker was the first artist employed by the RHS to paint fruit varieties in an extensive project that lasted from 1815-1823.

Over 200 paintings, by Hooker and other artists, make up this early collection which are bound in albums known as ‘Hooker’s Fruit Drawings’

Did you know that each month is represented by a particular flower?

November's flower is the Chrysanthemum.

Chrysanthemums symbolise cheerfulness and love, is associated with the month of November. According to Feng Shui, Chrysanthemums bring happiness and laughter in the house

In the middle ages it was believed that witches anointed their bodies with a tincture of Deadly Nightshade to induce the sensation of flying or being changed into animals, as the Atropine in the berries causes hallucination, confusions and convulsions.

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