Royal Horticultural Society Librariesさんのイラストまとめ

To produce just one kilogram of saffron anywhere between 110,000 and 170,000 flowers must be picked.
This beauty is Crocus sativus from Pierre Joseph Redouté's 'Choix des Plus Belles Fleurs' c.1827
#FunFactFriday

For #WoodcutWednesday we have some wonderful hand-coloured prints from ‘Plantarum, arborum, fruticum, et herbarum effigies’ published in Frankfurt in 1652. #RareBooks

In the Language of Flowers, Acanthus was said to represent art or artfulness in a bouquet.

#FolkloreThursday

German botanist and entomologist George Dionysius Ehret was born #OnThisDay in 1708. He was also a dab hand at illustration, as can be seen in his work of the 1750s 'Plantae and rariores papiliones', a copy of which is housed at the RHS Lindley Library. #BotanicalArt

Don’t forget the #RSPB #BigGardenBirdWatch this weekend! We’ve spotted some rather splendid specimens in an illustrated volume by the 18th century naturalist Pierre Joseph Buchoz.

The Mandrake or Mandragora Officinarum has more folklore associated with it than just about any other plant.

The best known piece of folklore about the Mandrake is that it screams as it is pulled out of the ground, killing anyone who heard it.

#FolkloreThursday

The Austrian botanical artist Ferdinand Lukas Bauer was born #OnThisDay in 1760. The RHS Lindley Library holds some beautiful watercolour foxgloves by Bauer, which were published in John Lindley’s ‘Digitalium Monographia’ (1821). #BotanicalArt

Today we’re admiring some wonderful fungi woodblock illustrations from the 1920-22 edition of 'Honzo Zufu' by Iwasaki Tsunemasa (1786-1842). As well as being a botanist, entomologist and zoologist, Tsunemasa was a samurai in the service of the Tokugawa shogunate. #FungiFriday

The RHS Lindley Library holds an important collection of 16th and 17th century herbals, including a copy of Pietro Andrea Gregorio Mattioli’s Kreutterbuch (1586) which features hand-coloured illustrations. #HeritageTreasures

This spectacular Red Roman Nectarine was painted by the artist William Hooker. The RHS Lindley Library holds a number of original 19th century botanical illustrations, which were commissioned by the RHS to support early plant identification. #HeritageTreasures