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Yate (Eucalyptus cornuta) is native to Western Australia. by Walter Hood Fitch for "Curtis's Botanical Magazine" v. 101 (1875). Contributed to by : https://t.co/3AApL9D3oE

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2018-03-13

Rhododendron discolor is native to many high altitude regions of by Matilda Smith for Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Vol. 143 (1917). Contributed to by the Peter H. Raven Library of the : https://t.co/LT7c3qtv9C

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2018-03-12

American author & poet Emma Catherine Embury is among the pioneers of female literature in the U.S. For explore her "American Wild Flowers in Their Native Haunts" (1845), with by Edwin Whitefield. In via : https://t.co/VnzJGNFpwS

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2018-03-08

Nearly 25% of all known life-forms are Explore beautiful by E.C. Knight of species found in Great Britain & Ireland in Fowler & Donisthorpe's "The Coleoptera of the British Islands: Supplement" (1913), in via : https://t.co/jdSiJBeczP

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2018-03-07

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2018-03-07

"Antillean Terrapins" (1940) by Thomas Barbour & Archie Carr presents several years of research on testudines of the West Indies. It includes by Eugene N. Fischer & Jessie Sawyer. Explore it in via : https://t.co/tBotmCMzGK

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2018-03-06

"Nederlandsch Bloemwerk" (1794) was produced as a sampler of the wide variety of auriculas, & other available from Dutch nurserymen. Explore the 53 hand-colored engraved plates in via : https://t.co/cvYNu43WL8

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2018-03-06

For & explore & poetry by Clarissa Munger Badger within "Wild Drawn and Colored from Nature" (1859), digitized in by : https://t.co/D6XoXWdsbp

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2018-03-03

Despite its common name, the horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) is more closely related to arachnids than crustaceans. Explore their anatomy in "Descriptions of the Muscular and Endoskeletal Systems of Limulus" (1885), in via : https://t.co/dTDTP9mtME

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2018-03-03

J.D.Hooker collected many rhododendrons during his plant collecting expedition in India & the Himalayas. These were illustrated in "The Rhododendrons of Sikkim-Himalaya" via lithographs by W.H.Fitch after Hooker's sketches. In via : https://t.co/BZX3U92npn

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2018-03-02

Tasar Silkworm (Antheraea paphia). by Richard Polydore Nodder for George Shaw, Naturalist's Miscellany (1789-1813), Vol. 16. Contributed to by and : https://t.co/BRon0Ts52X

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2018-02-28

Orchidaceae is one of the two most speciose plant families, with approx. 28,000 species. Explore found in Germany with J. Sturm's "Flora von Deutschland", Bd. 4 (1905) by Ernst H.L. Krause. Recently added to by : https://t.co/VGWmVAismC

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2018-02-27

German naturalist Nees von Esenbeck described ~7,000 species during his lifetime. His best-known books deal with For explore his "Das system der pilze und schwämme" (1816-17), in via : https://t.co/owFm84umgd

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2018-02-24

"Familiar Indian Flowers" (1878) contains 30 chromolithographic plates drawn by Lena Lowis, lithographed by D. Blair & printed by the lithographic firm of M. & N. Hanhart. Find it in via : https://t.co/a5GCc7ZeIA

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2018-02-22

"Illustrations of the Flowering Plants and Ferns of the Falkland Islands" (1921) features beautiful by Elinor Frances Vallentin and descriptions by Enid Mary Cotton. Explore it in via : https://t.co/wj5qHkAlBt

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2018-02-21

Dru Drury's "Illustrations of Natural History" (1770-82) features over 240 many previously unknown to the western world. It is illustrated with 50 hand-colored engraved plates mostly by and after Moses Harris. In via: https://t.co/4SLjgJAPbr

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2018-02-21

Happy "The Cat" (1895) was one of earliest books to include information about breeds & care along with anatomy. Find it in via : https://t.co/gjxXqYUpol

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2018-02-17

Giant Granadilla (Passiflora quadrangularis) is a member of the genus. from Revue Horticole, Ser. 4, T. 4 (1855). Contributed to by Botany Libraries: https://t.co/PA3PbJZkWS --

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2018-02-17

The Cyperaceae are a family of flowering plants commonly known as sedges. Explore the Cyperaceae of Germany in J. Sturm's "Flora von Deutschland", Bd. 2 (1900) by Missbach & Krause. Recently added to by : https://t.co/hNxJlAW4ta

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2018-02-17

Happy Celebrate with beautiful by Cecile Pfulb-Kastner in Charles Flahault's "Nouvelle flore coloriée de poche des Alpes et des Pyrénées" (1906-1912), digitized in by : https://t.co/DTfRb298Xn

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