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Our #BookofTheWeek slot features two beautiful books about scented gardens: Ken Druse's 'Scentual Garden' and Isabel Bannerman's 'Scent Magic.'

Both books fill you with ideas for creating your aromatic beds, as well as the science behind flowers and smell.

RHS Libraries hold a number of stunning illustrations by significant botanical artists, including Lilian Snelling (1879-1972), Caroline Maria Applebee (c.1799-1854) and Augusta Innes Withers (c.1791-1876).
#InternationalWomensDay #BotanicalArt

This #WorldBookDay2020 the Lindley Library has some great titles for green-fingered and artistic inspiration! Visit our lovely library in central London: https://t.co/RRS6m0eTR6

The tomato’s name, Solanum lycopersicum, could be viewed with suspicion. Not only does lycopersicum translate as scary ‘wolf-peach’ but the Solanum family also includes henbane (Hyoscyamus), deadly nightshade (Atropa) and mandrake (Mandragora) #FunFactsAboutNamesDay

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