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It's a bit grey and wet, so to brighten your day a bit, here are some colourful early summer flowers from our image collection.

Did you know the Lindley Library holds the RHS botanical art collection? You can make an appointment to see items through the Lindley Library.

In 1919 #RHSChelsea only lasted 3 days so this is our final day of ‘live tweeting’ from Chelsea Flower Show 1919. We hope you enjoyed time travelling to the show 100 years ago. Thank you all for following – hopefully we’ll see you at Chelsea 1920! #RHSChelsea1919

We are delighted to confirm that RHS Fellows visiting the 1919 Chelsea Flower show can present ‘specimens of diseases, pests, abnormal or curious growth and such like’ to our experts in the Conference tent. #RHSChelsea1919

"If the oak is out before the ash,
'Twill be a summer of wet and splash;
But if the ash is before the oak,
'Twill be a summer of fire and smoke."

This piece of plant folklore was reported in "The Folk-Lore of Plants" by T.F. Thiselton- Dyer in 1889.
#FolkloreThursday

We've been plant hunting again for #Wildflowerhour. For this week's #hedgerowchallenge we're sharing some beautiful #artwork by Laurence Perugini (dated 1922), which features bladder campion (Silene vulgaris), red campion (Silene dioica) & blackberry (Rubus fruticosus). #sciart

If you’re looking for inspiration for your vegetable patch this #NationalGardeningWeek, @RHSLibraries can help! Why not visit our Research Room to view Album Benary, published from 1876-1882, with its beautiful chromolithographs of heritage vegetables? #EdibleBritain

We haven't quite had our fill of #chocolate yet @RHSLibraries. This hand-coloured engraving shows Theobroma cacao, the seeds of which (cocoa beans) are used to make chocolate. This is just 1 of 1186 images that appear in Ferdinand Bernhard Vietz's Icones plantarum [615.3 Vie].

The Mandrake has more myths associated with it than just about any other plant. The earliest known mention is in the Book of Genesis in The Bible. Shakespeare referenced the narcotic effects of the plant in Antony and Cleopatra
Find out more in our libraries
#FolkloreThursday

Does your skin cream contain snail slime? It can be used to help with wrinkles, scars, acne and dry skin. For more snail facts visit our display @RHS_Rosemoor , @RHSHarlowCarr , @RHSWisley and @RHSHydeHall

"Come into the garden, Maud,
I am here at the gate alone;
And the woodbine spices are wafted abroad,
And the musk of the rose is blown."

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Come Into the Garden Maud (1855)
#WorldPoetryDay2019