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Autumnal hedgerow fruits from our collection of botanical watercolours by Diana Ruth Wilson (1886-1969)

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2020-10-05

Chamomile is still around ,the national flower of Russia. Possibly from the Greek word Akamai-melon meaning ground apple🍎 .In The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter, Peter is given chamomile tea after being chased by Mr McGregor ☕️ 🐰

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2020-09-24

Some beautiful heathland plants from our botanical art collection by Diana Ruth Wilson (1886-1969)#BotanicMonday

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2020-09-22

Lords & ladies, Arum maculatum, cuckoo pint & cuckoo’s penis to name a few. The tubers of this plant created a starch which in the 16thC was used to create stiff ruffs. Attached Cicely Mary Barker’s fairy pole dancing 😮🧚‍♀️ little minx!

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2020-09-20

Found this at Allonby Beach yesterday Wormwood, artemisia absinthium.Used in the 16thC to counteract poison from hemlock,toadstools & sea dragon bites! More famously it contains absinthol which was used in French absinthe 🐉🍸

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2020-09-11

Let's have a bit of autumn colour to celebrate the turning of the year, from our Wilson botanical collection

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2019-09-02

Let's celebrate seaside holidays with this montage from Edwardian botanical artist Diana Ruth Wilson

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2019-06-17

We've been seeking out all things orchidaceous for this week's Caroline Maria Applebee's delicate 19th century illustration shows 2 native UK orchid species - Ophrys insectifera (fly orchid) & Ophrys apifera (bee orchid).

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2019-06-10

Diana Ruth Wilson's incredible series of 200 watercolours record unusual plants that we have now lost or are losing in the local area

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2019-05-13

So what did an 8 year old sharing my camera discover this week asides a Song thrush? Well, that Toads are tucked into stonewalls, blossoms vary and lime green Alexandras are now flanking our roadside verges

Think their parents will be seeking

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2019-02-25

Stinking Iris or Roast Beef plant (Iris foetidissima) as portrayed by our Edwardian Botanical artist Diana Ruth Wilson 1886-1969

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2018-08-27