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We recently completed digitization of "The Elephant's Head" (1908)! 🐘 Learn more about the elephant's trunk, called a proboscis, in this detailed tome of comparative anatomy now available in @BioDivLibrary: https://t.co/j2C1ErF9bR

The only thing that might rival the beauty of these botanical illustrations of stone fruit is their flavor. Who else is excited for peach season?!? Find more in "Pomologie française" (1846) https://t.co/gZBmF6s3vc in @BioDivLibrary!

Not everyone loves cockroaches with their pineapple but this image from Maria Sibylla Merian's 1705 'Insects of Surinam' is still our fave for #PineappleDay https://t.co/oaLtUvZ9NH 🍍🍍🍍 Find our copy with sooooo many great plates scanned in @biodivlibrary

For #Shakespeare's birthday & #NationalGardenMonth, some lovely flower illustrations with quotes from the Bard's plays, from a 1909 book illus by Walter Crane https://t.co/qpxnTaaqfD

Plants are subjects for study as well as objects of beauty. For #NationalGardenMonth learn about Gardening for Science through "botanizing" and botanic gardens in our #AmericasGardens exhibit with @SIGardens, on view at @amhistorymuseum and online: https://t.co/PN9Npg1WUZ

Mary Vaux Walcott wasn't just the wife of @smithsonian Secretary Charles Walcott, she was an artist & naturalist in her own right. Learn more about her work: https://t.co/UNj3mWo9xQ . "North American Wild Flowers" in @BioDivLibrary : https://t.co/JwI5FkJPu1 #WomensHistoryMonth

A major "winter" storm is hitting DC on today, the #SpringEquinox. But fear not! The pages of Maria Sibylla Merian's "De Europischen Insecten" (1730) is abuzz with spring blooms! Check it out in @BioDivLibrary https://t.co/Endn6XVhjC

Maria Sibylla Merian provides today's #WomensHistoryMonth related #WednesdayBouquet with her "De Europischen Insecten" (1730). Find this one scanned in @BioDivLibrary https://t.co/kSHx3eC3j1
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We have more posts about Merian on @Tumblr: https://t.co/HTOJL1I2kw