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European mistletoe (Viscum album) is a hemi-parasitic shrub that grows on the stems of other trees. from J. Sturm's "Flora von Deutschland", Bd. 4 (1905) by Ernst H.L. Krause. Contributed to by : https://t.co/oylOcK7Dct

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2018-05-12

We're doing our best to keep up our "stamena" throughout so it seems appropriate to highlight the detailed morphology in "Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz" Bd. 4 (1889), in via : https://t.co/GeieAMBm9r

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2018-05-12

Henry Noel Humphreys' "Ocean Gardens" (1857) provided detailed information on which varieties of plants and animals to choose for a marine aquarium. View the work in via : https://t.co/WMkwuN4f2N

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2018-05-09

(Thunia bensoniae) for by J. Goffart for Lindenia: Iconography of Orchids, pt. 46-47 (1894). Contributed to by the Peter H. Raven Library of the : https://t.co/hA4zVUON5I --

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2018-05-08

Explore medicinal plants for with "Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen" ([1883-1914]), featuring nearly 300 illustrations drawn by Walther Otto Müller and C. F. Schmidt and chromolithographed by K. Gunther. In via : https://t.co/mArNYiDGJT

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2018-05-07

Explore the heritage of the Hawaiian Islands for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month with "Indigenous Flowers" (1885), an important record of Hawaiian flora in the 19th century. Contributed to by : https://t.co/zoOsIm0sjd

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2018-05-03

"Histoire Naturelle des Poissons" (1828-1849) by Cuvier & Valenciennes attempted to catalog all known The 22 volumes feature nearly 5,000 fish. Explore it in via : https://t.co/B09t4JSVEj

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2018-04-28

Explore plant morphology through for with August Batsch's "Analyses florum e diversis plantarum generibus" (1790), in via : https://t.co/H50cnSWFTJ

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2018-04-24

Tiger Lily (Lilium bulbiferum) for by Sarah Anne Drake for Edwards's Botanical Register, Vol. 32 (1846), edited by John Lindley. Contributed to by the Peter H. Raven Library of the : https://t.co/6QcpZAEgxa --

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2018-04-20

"Principal Poisonous Plants of Canada" (1920) by Faith Fyles was prepared as a reference for livestock owners to help them avoid pasturing their animals in "infested areas". Explore the book for in via : https://t.co/n6bee7CjCg

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2018-04-20

Happy Whiskered Bats (Myotis mystacinus subsp. mystacinus). by A. Beaumont for Faune des vertébrés de la Suisse, Vol. 1 (1869) by Victor Fatio. Contributed to by : https://t.co/i4fpboc9Dn --

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2018-04-17

Tamandua is a genus of anteaters. of the northern tamandua (Tamandua mexicana) for from "Manual para el rastreo de mamíferos silvestres de México" (2012) by J.M.A. Sánchez, in via & : https://t.co/91Rl6ZXCuE

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2018-04-17

The Muusoctopus levis is found in subantarctic waters in the Southern Ocean. by Rübsaamen from "The Cephalopoda" (1975), an English translation of Carl Chun's "Die Cephalopoden" (1910-15). In via : https://t.co/dJgZlDAi0T

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2018-04-17

Thomas Horsfield's 1828-29 "Descriptive Catalogue" describes & illustrates Lepidoptera collected in Java. The copy in contributed by , includes colored & uncolored versions of by C.M. Curtis, J.H. Newton, and J.G. Dopert: https://t.co/uKR8ux6bSE

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2018-04-14

and unite with "The Native Flowers and Ferns of the United States" (1879-80) by Thomas Meehan. This 4-volume work describes and illustrates over 300 species. View it in via : https://t.co/c36C65NPXr

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2018-04-13

Lacaze-Duthiers' "Histoire naturelle du corail" (1864) provides a scholarly history of the study of corals along with details on physiology, reproduction & larval metamorphosis. Explore it in via https://t.co/8DLRKKwcZI

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2018-04-13

More treasures for with a theme. "La grenouille (Anatomie et dissection)" [1903], a in from the Library, uses movable flaps to reveal a frog’s anatomy: https://t.co/PZUeCmQll6

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2018-04-11

The goat willow (Salix caprea) is native to native to Europe and western and central Asia. from J. Sturm's "Flora von Deutschland", Bd. 4 (1905) by Ernst H.L. Krause. In via : https://t.co/RT0nOgh22k

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2018-04-11

European frogbit (Hydrocharis morsus-ranae) has become invasive in eastern Canada & the northeastern United States. from "Flora von Deutschland", Bd. 4 (1905). In via : https://t.co/SLxJsxDQ8f

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2018-04-10

It's Season, so for we're featuring the North Japanese hill cherry (Prunus sargentii). by Matilda Smith & lithographed by John Nugent Fitch for "Curtis's Botanical Magazine" v. 137 (1911). In via : https://t.co/cKHP6NeC4W

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