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For #BurnsNight2019 we've found this beautiful hand-coloured plate of thistles. Believed to have hung on Linnaeus' wall, the plate was given to Linnaeus by Johannes Gessner c.1764 https://t.co/co8cg5Zn7V

Delving into our archives we found this video made in 2009 all about the Society voiced by the one & only @Sir_Attenboroug We have chopped it up into bitesize videos, which we will release periodically, this week's video discusses our Fellows! #learnaboutLinnSoc #LinnSocFellows

Our offices will close from 12 pm today and reopen on January 2nd. Here's a festive Christmas treat from the domestic archives, sent to the Society in 1919. #christmas #christmascards #festive

#Onthisday in 1912, the Society received this lovely #festive card from Sweden. #Christmas #Christmascards #archives

It’s that time of year, where the mistletoe comes out for your loved ones. But have you ever thought about the history of mistletoe? Well, we have delved into our collections and found some interesting facts for you. Read our blog to find out more. https://t.co/TlowDcojOM

For #WorldOtterDay here is a drawing taken from Rees's Cyclopaedia of a sea otter & an European otter (the bottom 2). Our founder, Sir James Edward Smith, was a principal Botanical contributor, he added over 3300 articles on botany. Why not pop in to our library to have a look?

Carl Linnaeus was born #otd in 1707. Have you seen our Linnean Correspondence collection? https://t.co/hVGANf40XU We have digitised letters sent & received by the great man himself. To also celebrate #WorldTurtleDay, we have found this letter sent to him by Thomas Pennant.

Another image from our collections, this time of Banksia ericifolia. These Australian Wildflowers were named after Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820) who collected them while on Captain Cook's 1768 expedition #AustraliaDay

Kudos to any 19thC woman with an interest in natural history, who ventured to do fieldwork in those heavy skits and dresses... #archivecatwalk #explorearchives

Linnean #News: November 2017 is out! Subscribe to our free e-newsletter for updates https://t.co/ZPrOAs1cvV