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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

Got myself in a muddle trying to identify Redshank / Pale Persicaria for so here is a Vervian instead...

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2020-07-12

4 from my walk this afternoon, I'm not sure what the last one is though

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2020-04-13

This week's challenge sent us in search of the graceful Wood Anemone (Anemone nemorosa). This charming comes from an album of paintings by author & Margaret Mary Plues (1828-1901) [73989-1001].

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2020-03-16

I think this is the most beautifully illustrated old botany guide I’ve ever seen 🌿

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2019-10-21

The Optimist and the Hanger-On! 😂 Brambles ‘Rubus’ still going strong here in Warwickshire

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2019-10-20

Sea Daffodil
The sign said it is on the red list of threatened species in
This plant of the maritime dunes is susceptible to the onslaught of Atlantic storms.

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2019-09-23

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