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Plantæ utiliores : or illustrations of useful employed in the arts and medicine, 4 vv (London, 1842-1850) https://t.co/ZFgLFfNHhZ via

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2020-04-01

In Germany, Auriculas are a symbol of home. Bear's Ear Primula, Magdalena Bouchard, ca. 1773–1793. From Hortus Romanus, vol. 1, Massachusetts Horticultural Society Library.

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2020-03-27

Elinor Frances Vallentin collected hundreds of plant specimens from the Falkland Islands. She illustrated many of these in her 1921 work on Falkland Islands botany, which is freely available online in via ➡️ https://t.co/N1E0DPjDtj

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2020-03-25

In the early 19th c, Elizabeth Gwillim moved from England to India for her husband's work. Separated from her family and friends, Gwillim found solace in painting the birds of the Chennai region. See all 121 of her beautiful pieces here: https://t.co/6i86Er60cU

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2020-03-25

Heres A pair of Eider ducks, hunkering down under a sleety Northumberland sky.

Eider have one of my favourite bird calls, which they do with heads flung back. For those who've not heard it, it's a baleful undulating coo.

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2020-03-19

"Canadian Wild Flowers" (1868) was one of the 1st serious botanical works in Canada. It was authored & illustrated by women — Catharine Parr Traill & Agnes Fitzgibbon Chamberlin. It is freely available online via ➡️ https://t.co/PmwELa51Bc

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2020-03-18

Sämmtliche Giftgewächse naturgetreu dargestellt und all gemein fasslich beschrieben by Eduard Winkler (Berlin, 1832)

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2020-03-12

I’m giving a talk tonight (another one!) to the in - ‘The Inside out of flies’ - yep new stories about the Marvellous creatures that are flies ahead of the NEW BOOK 📚

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2020-03-11

Cactus dahlia, a cultivar of the genus by Madame J.-R Guillot for Revue Horticole (1908). View more in with thanks to the Mertz Library of the for digitizing: https://t.co/dJTBZZtXwv --

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2020-03-10

Anne Pratt (1806-1893) was one of the most popular artists and writers of the “Golden Age of botanical art”. Producing 20 publications, she helped create interest in flower study in the general public. Learn more ➡️ https://t.co/sxUI5xB6vf

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2020-03-08