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The 1815 work An essay on trees in landscape [977 Ken], has an array of striking illustrations by the #artist Edward Kennion - perfect for raising awareness of #NationalTreeWeek. #trees #arboriculture #woods #woodland #sciart

A watercolour of pumpkins and squashes circa 1800 from our collection, attributed to Chinese artist and collector, Wang Lui Chi.

According to The Language of Flowers, Pumpkins should be used carefully as they stand for bulk.

#Pumpkin #halloween #autumn #FolkloreThursday

Some of the most beautiful nursery catalogues in our collection are those specialising in Japanese plants.

Which of these catalogues from the late 19th and early 20th century is your favourite?

With Autumn comes the harvesting of many crops.

Which of these have you grown this year?

These images come from nursery catalogues and chromolithographic plates in our collection.

#Autumn #autumngardendays #Harvest

R is for Rosa. Everything is coming up roses in this copy of The first and seconde partes of the Herbal of William Turner Doctor in Phisick [615.3 TUR]. #WoodcutWednesday #Roses #rarebooks #specialcollections

Is the rose the world's favourite flower? It's the universal symbol of love and romance and throughout history has been used a symbol in religion, royalty, decorations and literature.

#Rose #Rosa #SummerFlowers

This plate from Die Käfer Europas [595.72 Sch] displays numerous #colourful #beetles that may be familiar #garden visitors or seen out & about among #wildflowers. How many do you recognise? #WildWebsWednesday #biodiversity #WildlifeWednesday #sciart #chromolithography #insects

Some more #SummerFlower favourites from our collection of botanical art.

Do you recognise them all?

There is much folklore about how roses got their red colour. Many of these were tales of divine origins, like this from Herrick:

"'Tis said, as Cupid danced among the gods, he down the nectar flung,
Which on the white rose being shed, made it ever after red."

#FolkloreThursday

Trees feature heavily in T.F. Thistleton Dyer's The Folklore of Plants and the link between farming and indications from trees is a popular one, especially the mighty Oak.

"When the oak puts on his gosling grey,
'Tis time to sow the barley night or day"

#FolkloreThursday