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It's a poisonous + ☠️ 🍄🌼

"A table of vegetable poisons" (1843) describes the characteristics, locales, and effects of poisonous plants & mushrooms found throughout the world. Find it in via ➡️ https://t.co/hkeH2EO3qb

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2020-05-29

Damson (Prunus domestica insititia). This fruit is known for its distinctive rich flavor. from Jakob Sturm's "Flora von Deutschland", Bd. 8 (1904) by Ernst H.L. Krause.. Contributed for in by the of ➡️ https://t.co/NmOojfYg56

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2020-05-22

Happy Christiaan Hendrik Persoon (1761-1836) has been called the "father of systematic mycology." One of his early works, "Observationes Mycologicæ" (1796-99), is available in via — it includes a letter from Persoon! https://t.co/GVvvwVwu1p

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2020-05-18

"Alpenflora" (1905), by Gustav Hegi & Gustav Dunzinger, offers a comprehensive account of the botany of the mountainous Alpine regions, particularly Bavaria, Austria and Switzerland. Explore the work in thanks to ➡️ https://t.co/OTcZbywBeV

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2020-05-11

🐟 Matabele land and the Victoria Falls: .
London: C.K. Paul, 1881.

39 sp. of fish live in the Zambezi below Victoria Falls & 89 live above it. Here's a gorgeous pic of the falls n https://t.co/AWUvxRyHDM

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2020-05-10

"Zhuki Rossii i zapadnoĭ Evropy" (1905-1915) was authored by Russian entomologist & beetle specialist Georgii Georgievich Iakobson (1871-1926). His catalog of Russian beetles was issued in 13 parts between 1905-1915.⁣ Find it in via ➡️ https://t.co/wLZSbafZnI

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2020-05-08

🐸 Bilder-Atlas zur wissenschaftlich-populären Naturgeschichte der Wirbelthiere
Wien: K.K. Hof-und Staatsdruckerei, 1867.

4 Tiny new sp. of might be smallest reptiles! Love this image of chameleons in https://t.co/jz91G08yJB

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2020-05-06

We're joining our museum colleagues to bring you some through a virtual garden of yellow flowers. 🌼🌻🌼

See these and more sunny blooms in the Flickr ➡️ https://t.co/bYa2rZJrTp

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2020-04-22

Explore the animal world — at home! 🐛 🦆 🐅 🦈

"Leaves from the Book of Nature" (c1840), which reproduces the from Sir William Jardine's "The Naturalist's Library", offers an illustrated wonderland of fauna. In via ➡️ https://t.co/fzMdB87lrL

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2020-04-14

"Histoire des champignons comestibles et vénéneux" details the characteristics of a variety of edible and poisonous mushrooms. 🍄

Find the 2nd ed. (1841) in via ➡️ https://t.co/dKJ6djHIod

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2020-04-06

a cultivar of Sturt's Desert Pea (Swainsona formosa), one of Australia's most recognizable by P. Stroobant for "L'Illustration Horticole", Vol. 12 (1865), contributed in by the Raven Library of ➡️ https://t.co/qbuvycC92J

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2020-03-30

March 29: Red currant is in bud, according to Stillingfleet's 1755 recorded in Norfolk. Ribes rubrum. Choix des plus belles fleurs: et des plus beaux fruits by Redouté. https://t.co/TpJel3hBRZ via .

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2020-03-30

🌱 Lehrbuch der Botanik;.
LeipzigQuelle & Meyer1911.

The European White grows in water 1-5 ft deep. See a beautiful illustration of it in https://t.co/Uw6RcYvrDE

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2020-03-27

Elinor Frances Vallentin collected hundreds of plant specimens from the Falkland Islands. She illustrated many of these in her 1921 work on Falkland Islands botany, which is freely available online in via ➡️ https://t.co/N1E0DPjDtj

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2020-03-25

George Ernest Shelley's "The Birds of Africa" (1896-1912) reviews more than 2,500 birds. The 57 hand-colored lithographic plates are after by Henrik Grönvold. All 5 volumes are freely available online in via ➡️ https://t.co/3TwX7vpDOp

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2020-03-19

Carnivorous plants obtain nutrients from animals or protozoans, which they trap and digest. of "insektenfressnde pflanzen" ("insectivorous plants") from "Meyers Konversations-Lexikon", v. 8 (1890, 4th ed.). In from ➡️ https://t.co/KzkHjy2TbD

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2020-03-04

We're captivated by the wildlife scenes in "African scenery and animals" (1804-05), featuring hand-colored aquatints after art by Samuel Daniell. So, we're sharing these scenes for Find them in via ➡️ https://t.co/OF9RSk2Tks

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2020-03-04

Happy The European blusher (Amanita rubescens) is so named because its flesh turns pink when bruised or cut. by Anna Maria Hussey for "Illustrations of British Mycology", Ser. 1 (1847), in via ➡️ https://t.co/GuySl9vQOD

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2020-03-03

"Butterflies of Australia" (1914) is illustrated by 43 plates—with a total of 888 illustrations—made from original drawings and photographs. shares more about 's author-annotated copy now available in ➡️ https://t.co/IapbZrpvfH 🦋

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2020-02-28

The Classic poets sometimes referred to dawn as 'crocea'; a reference to the pale purple hue of early morning. [George Clausen via / Edwards's botanical register via ]

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2020-02-21