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The Indigo Bunting, depicted by Mark Catesby in "The natural history of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands" ( : https://t.co/MuCaopd79R) is on the decline.

How can you help? For has tips: https://t.co/XCLYEWtl0y

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From "Lindenia" (1885-1906), a comprehensive orchid publication by Belgian botanist Jean Jules Linden. Linden helped popularize orchids in Europe, providing expertise on their care.

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👀🥚Hunting for eggs this morning? Thomas G. Gentry has saved you some time!

His "Nests and eggs of birds of the United States" (1882) depicts dozens of birds, their eggs and dwellings in gorgeous chromolithographs. See more in : https://t.co/auwuqimThJ

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🌸We're squeezing this in for but the real focus is on the nest & eggs of the field sparrow documented by Genevieve Jones. Find "Illustrations of the nests and eggs of birds of Ohio" (1886), in : https://t.co/iUGonXYC11

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We're excited to celebrate this week with and others 🌳.!

Today we're highlighting illustrations by Isaac Sprague, created for a publication by Asa Gray that never quite got off the ground.

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Born in 1775: French botanist and illustrator Pierre Jean François Turpin, illustrator of these mouth-watering strawberries from 'Pomologie française' by Pierre Antoine Poiteau. See more botanic illustration of 🍓 🍑🍒 in : https://t.co/I26uMZJ2iK

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Happy Wingsday! For celebrate the life & work of Elizabeth Gould, a talented and under-credited natural history illustrator. More on our blog: https://t.co/8zO7JcXjrj.

🖼️ from "The Birds of Australia" via : https://t.co/QHSBS7GCLq

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We'd be nuts not to celebrate especially when we have such a beautiful example in our collection. "Pomologie française" (1846) documents fruit in France with exquisite illustrations by P.J.F. Turpin.

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Temps? Chilly. Sky? Dreary. Mailbox? Full of vibrant garden inspo! January is National Mail Order Gardening Month🌻🌷🍓🥕

Catch a glimpse of seasons past with our Seed Catalog collection, over 10,000 seed and nursery catalogs from the 19th & 20th c. : https://t.co/WN32okYhc3

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🍍The pineapple is a symbol of power and wealth but also an emblem of colonialism and slavery.

On our blog, explores how published literature in helps record the globalization and the "prickly meanings" of this fruit: https://t.co/3S5X2cuaZG

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