Fungorum qui in Bavaria et Palatinatu circa Ratisbonam nascuntur icones, nativis coloribus expressae, Schffer, Jacob Christian, 1718-1790; Persoon, C. H. (Christiaan Hendrik), 1755-1837 https://t.co/vLItBsyBLY

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Fungorum qui in Bavaria et Palatinatu circa Ratisbonam nascuntur icones, nativis coloribus expressae, Schffer, Jacob Christian, 1718-1790; Persoon, C. H. (Christiaan Hendrik), 1755-1837 https://t.co/vLItBsyBLY

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Fungorum qui in Bavaria et Palatinatu circa Ratisbonam nascuntur icones, nativis coloribus expressae, Schffer, Jacob Christian, 1718-1790; Persoon, C. H. (Christiaan Hendrik), 1755-1837 https://t.co/vLItBsyBLY

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Fungorum qui in Bavaria et Palatinatu circa Ratisbonam nascuntur icones, nativis coloribus expressae, Schffer, Jacob Christian, 1718-1790; Persoon, C. H. (Christiaan Hendrik), 1755-1837 https://t.co/vLItBsyBLY

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Fungorum qui in Bavaria et Palatinatu circa Ratisbonam nascuntur icones, nativis coloribus expressae, Schffer, Jacob Christian, 1718-1790; Persoon, C. H. (Christiaan Hendrik), 1755-1837 https://t.co/vLItBsyBLY

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Fungorum qui in Bavaria et Palatinatu circa Ratisbonam nascuntur icones, nativis coloribus expressae, Schffer, Jacob Christian, 1718-1790; Persoon, C. H. (Christiaan Hendrik), 1755-1837 https://t.co/vLItBsyBLY

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Fungorum qui in Bavaria et Palatinatu circa Ratisbonam nascuntur icones, nativis coloribus expressae, Schffer, Jacob Christian, 1718-1790; Persoon, C. H. (Christiaan Hendrik), 1755-1837 https://t.co/vLItBsyBLY

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Fungorum qui in Bavaria et Palatinatu circa Ratisbonam nascuntur icones, nativis coloribus expressae, Schffer, Jacob Christian, 1718-1790; Persoon, C. H. (Christiaan Hendrik), 1755-1837 https://t.co/vLItBsyBLY

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Fungorum qui in Bavaria et Palatinatu circa Ratisbonam nascuntur icones, nativis coloribus expressae, Schffer, Jacob Christian, 1718-1790; Persoon, C. H. (Christiaan Hendrik), 1755-1837 https://t.co/vLItBsyBLY

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Fungorum qui in Bavaria et Palatinatu circa Ratisbonam nascuntur icones, nativis coloribus expressae, Schffer, Jacob Christian, 1718-1790; Persoon, C. H. (Christiaan Hendrik), 1755-1837 https://t.co/vLItBsyBLY

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Fungorum qui in Bavaria et Palatinatu circa Ratisbonam nascuntur icones, nativis coloribus expressae, Schffer, Jacob Christian, 1718-1790; Persoon, C. H. (Christiaan Hendrik), 1755-1837 https://t.co/vLItBsyBLY

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Born in 1752: (1752-1814), daughter of Empress Queen of Naples and Sicily as spouse of

Portrait by (1790-1863), 1814

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Fungorum qui in Bavaria et Palatinatu circa Ratisbonam nascuntur icones, nativis coloribus expressae, Schffer, Jacob Christian, 1718-1790; Persoon, C. H. (Christiaan Hendrik), 1755-1837 https://t.co/vLItBsyBLY

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Fungorum qui in Bavaria et Palatinatu circa Ratisbonam nascuntur icones, nativis coloribus expressae, Schffer, Jacob Christian, 1718-1790; Persoon, C. H. (Christiaan Hendrik), 1755-1837 https://t.co/vLItBsyBLY

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Uhhhhh... maybe it's just sleeping?

This is from 'Indian zoology' by Thomas Pennant (1790), which is not in our collection but I had reason to look it up on and very much enjoyed flicking through the plates (including a v grumpy owl):
https://t.co/sE8ceOmUZb

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Fungorum qui in Bavaria et Palatinatu circa Ratisbonam nascuntur icones, nativis coloribus expressae, Schffer, Jacob Christian, 1718-1790; Persoon, C. H. (Christiaan Hendrik), 1755-1837 https://t.co/vLItBsyBLY

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Fungorum qui in Bavaria et Palatinatu circa Ratisbonam nascuntur icones, nativis coloribus expressae, Schffer, Jacob Christian, 1718-1790; Persoon, C. H. (Christiaan Hendrik), 1755-1837 https://t.co/vLItBsyBLY

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Fungorum qui in Bavaria et Palatinatu circa Ratisbonam nascuntur icones, nativis coloribus expressae, Schffer, Jacob Christian, 1718-1790; Persoon, C. H. (Christiaan Hendrik), 1755-1837 https://t.co/vLItBsyBLY

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Today's summer flower is the Fuchsia. Easy to grow with simple but beautiful pendulous flowers, they remain one of the most popular garden plants.

The first fuchsias were grown in Europe in the 1790s and hybridization brought the wealth of colour and form that we can now buy

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