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Happy of toothedthreads (Odontonema schomburgkianum) and orchids (Dendrobium nobile) by Augusta Innes Withers for "The Gardener's Assistant" (1859) by Robert Thompson. Contributed in by ➡️ https://t.co/bLUc7OfUHO

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2019-04-15

The European tree frogs (Hyla arborea) are breeding! These frogs reproduce in stagnant bodies of water from late March to June. They can live up to 15 years. by Joseph Smit for "De dieren van Nederland" (1860-62), in via : https://t.co/EvsYRm7VCf 🐸

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2019-04-11

Apricots (Genus Prunus) have been cultivated for thousands of years. from Duhamel's great 18th century pomona, "Traité des arbres fruitiers", Vol. 1 (1768), a rare, hand-colored copy of which is available in thanks to ➡️ https://t.co/pCFC5JGgFi

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2019-04-11

April is The botanical magazine "Revue Horticole" (1829-1974), with botanical descriptions and beautiful was a practical horticultural guide for gardeners and amateurs. Explore it in via : https://t.co/psq4depFOY

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2019-04-10

Townend Glover's two volume manuscript describes the life cycle of Lepidoptera, with notes written in various sizes of papers and watercolors by Glover. Explore the manuscript in via ➡️ https://t.co/FjBb6TX9pB

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2019-04-09

Auguste Duméril produced "Description des reptiles nouveaux" (1852) to describe & illustrate new acquisitions to the collections at since his father's "Erpétologie générale" was published. Explore the work in via : https://t.co/XTQt3evbQg

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2019-04-09

"Testacea utriusque siciliae eorumque historia et anatome" (1791-1827) on the mollusks of Sicily is the most important Italian malacological work of the latter 1700s. Explore this in via ➡️ https://t.co/A2Q9ghrkCp 🐚🐚🐚

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"A Naturalist's Sketch Book" (1919) includes reproduced watercolor and pencil sketches by Scottish artist and animal painter Archibald Thorburn, produced over some 30 years. Explore the in via ➡️ https://t.co/qXXo9MLbCV

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2019-04-03

Happy Bday Maria Sibylla Merian (born 1647)! Celebrate with "De Europischen insecten" (1730), a Dutch translation of Merian's earlier "Der Raupen", with drawn from first-hand observations of insect metamorphosis. In via : https://t.co/xm9wccrUi4

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"Erucarum ortus" (1718) is a Latin translation of Maria Sibylla Merian's 2nd work, "Raupen wunderbare Verwandelung", depicting first-hand observations of insect life cycles & their food plants. See it in via ➡️ https://t.co/iFcktbZ4vt

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Miss E. J. Beck illustrated the anatomy of scorpions for Sir Edwin Ray Lankester's "On the muscular and endoskeletal systems of Limulus and Scorpio" (c1883). In via & ➡️ https://t.co/2UE4e6WbX4 🦂

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2019-03-26

by Louise-Cécile Descamps-Sabouret for 𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘶𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘦 (1899). Contributed in by Botany Library ➡️ https://t.co/cieE0cTNWz 🌼🌺🌸

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2019-03-20

"A Guide to the Trees" (1900) described nearly 200 trees & shrubs. In via , it was 1 of 3 botanical guidebooks that botanist Alice Lounsberry & artist Marian Ellis Rowan collaborated on. Learn more on our blog ➡️ https://t.co/hdbTfJYYsw

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Orange trumpetvine (Pyrostegia venusta). by Lena Lowis for her book "Familiar Indian Flowers" (1878), which depicts "some of the familiar flowers to be met with in our Indian gardens". In via : https://t.co/3M7Irk6JVu

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Sarah Anne Drake was commissioned by John Lindley to provide for several of his publications, including "Sertum orchidaceum" (1837-41). Explore the work in via ➡️ https://t.co/KWnbAg5X1c

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Black-headed python (Aspidites melanocephalus) is native to Australia & is not venomous. by Harriet Scott Morgan for Snakes of Australia (1869) by Gerard Krefft. In via of : https://t.co/3JefUQG80b

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2019-03-13

Tulip (Tulipa agenensis) by Sarah Anne Drake for Edwards's botanical register v. 25 (1839), which was edited by botanist John Lindley. Drake illustrated many of Lindley's publications. In via : https://t.co/okdpJMd1Q3

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"Australian Lepidoptera and Their Transformations" (1890-98) depicts the life cycles of Australian moths & butterflies. It features based on paintings by Harriet & Helena Scott. Explore it in via ➡️ https://t.co/UMiqZKoWNS 🦋

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"The Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala" ([1837]-1843) is the largest botanical book ever produced with lithographic plates. It was beautifully illustrated chiefly by Sarah Anne Drake & Augusta Withers. In via ➡️ https://t.co/nP8O90Nqmf

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Sun Cactus (𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘴𝘶𝘴) for and by Louise-Cécile Descamps-Sabouret for 𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘶𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘦 (1899). Contributed in by Botany Library ➡️ https://t.co/n0JrXR5z0i

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