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The periodical was edited and published by the British landscape designer William Robinson, with some color prints & engravings based on the work of artist Henry G. Moon. 'Flora and Sylva' is a title from a donation of botanical & horticultural books from Lynde Bradley Uihlein.

For the first Wednesday in August, we present wood engravings, photogravures, and chromolithographs from the August 1904 issue of the periodical 'Flora and Sylva, A Monthly Review for Lovers of Gardens, Woodland, Tree or Flower." Learn more here: https://t.co/rWoxFX4MvW

Jill’s research for the project was based on 'Our Native Birds of Song and Beauty' by the late-19th-C director of the @MKEPublicMuseum Henry Nehrling, pub. in Milwaukee by George Brumder from 1893-1896. Learn more about Jill's work and the exhibition here: https://t.co/AHkZ1ZIu6x

This week we present 'Waterfalls of the Mississippi: The Story of Eight Waterfalls Found in Saint Paul & Minneapolis: Descendants of the Late, Great River Warren Falls, and the Only Waterfalls along the Entire Mississippi River,' conceived and written by Richard Fred Arey.

In 1952, Colombia and Spain formed an international cultural agreement in which they proposed an editorial project to publish Mutis’ scientific findings. The publishing project is ongoing, and it is expected to exceed 60 volume. Learn more here: https://t.co/7NjX908bZZ

This week we present illustrations from 'Flora de la Real Expedición Botánica del Nuevo Reino de Granada', a multi-volume set of books based on the findings of José Celestino Mutis, a Spanish priest and botanist, who led a Royal Botanical Expedition to New Granada from 1783-1808.

Today we present a very motivated and determined Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) out grabbing some lunch. It looks like Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) is on the menu, and while it may be equally as motivated, it doesn’t stand a chance. #MondayMotivation

For #Feathursday we mourn the loss of the Passenger Pigeon, once the most abundant bird in North America but now extinct for over 100 years. These Pigeons are found in Rex Brasher's 'Birds and Trees of North America.' Read his musings on the species here: https://t.co/oxBAQVobJg

Woody Leslie’s book 'Parsely' is “a verbo-visual artist’s book that uses words alone to both narrate and illustrate a story, ostensibly about the neighbor’s parsley being eaten by some caterpillars under my watchful eye.” Learn more: https://t.co/aAH1jfmzMb #TypographyTuesday

Today's #Spotlight is on Dr. Syntax! Learn more about "The Tour of Doctor Syntax Through London, or, The Pleasures and Miseries of the Metropolis," an 1820 imitator of the super popular series here: https://t.co/zCs4RX2Ohm