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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

Too soon to start thinking of #robins and spring? Of course not! Let this plate from Audubon's 'Birds of America' get you in the mood https://t.co/3m3s72DXSr #SpringIsInTheAir #Audubon

From 1835, during the Louis Philippe era, an example of a daring but practical fashion statement for women's field sports.

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ORANGE you glad it's midway through the week?🧡 For today's #WednesdayBouquet, sample a lovely selection of orange flowers from vol. 4 of "The Floral Magazine," published in 1875! You can browse more of the book on @BioDivLibrary : https://t.co/NtIGplmD4j

Did someone say something about an #apple? Here's one—a lovely crabapple from Asa Gray via @BioDivLibrary https://t.co/O3ueckrzoK