Congratulations on 5k!! That's a huge milestone!! O: I hope you get another 5k soon!! LOL.

This is my stinky botany witch (:

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Nancy Adams was born this month in 1926, studying and . She join DSIR Botany Division and as asst curator . She won awards for "Seaweeds of New Zealand: An Illustrated Guide" and illustrated for other NZ botanists like Ella Orr Campbell.

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John Ruskin 1819-1900
Art critic & patron, thinker and He wrote on many subjects
It's his and I want to share with you today...

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Late night thumbnail - a night cam in a Yimaia tree, in the Tiaojishan formation.

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Got a new OC from my friend , SPORK!!! It's an alien who's obsessed with botany and taking care of plants, could tell you MANY different plant facts. 🪴🌻🌾💚🛸

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Because Jaycinth’s home is one of the many florists in the kingdom, botany and herbalism study sessions naturally take place there if not at the public library
(Where Jacinth also works part time lol)

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Flora Indica was the first-of-a-kind book on India’s botanical heritage written in English. It earned its author, Dr William Roxburgh, the epithet of ‘Founding Father of Indian Botany’. It had illustrations of about 2,572 plant species. Read-https://t.co/a0lKf6Yaro

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🏔 Illustrations of the botany and other branches of the natural history of the Himalayan Mountains: .
London: Wm. H. Allen, 1839.
https://t.co/h4QIWlX177

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Happy Introduced to England in the 1650s, tea sales of the British East India Company at the end of the — at 20m lbs. — were 400 times as much as at the beginning of the century.

From our BOTANY OF EMPIRE exhibit: https://t.co/368tP9v1Jz

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So, I think 🌳🌲 are cool...

Not just the woody bit, but the mass of cultural foliage we have decorated them with. Their folkstories. Their myths. (And the geeky botany bit too).

So, I've made a podcast about them:
https://t.co/Mp1N18xHYQ

Please RT, ppl need cool trees.

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An amazing woman in science: Janaki Ammal was an Indian botanist best known for her work involving sugarcane. She was one of the first women to obtain a Ph.D. in Botany in the U.S (1931) and became fellow of the Indian National Science Academy in 1957.

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[wip] okay finally making my most important xiv art ,,, botany boi ;;

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Nothing brings me more joy than adding another flower to my repertoire.
And this foxglove took some wranglin’ before I was finally happy with the resultant illustration!

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Napoleonic History and Botany/ gardens are two of my main interests and I cannot thank you enough for her excellent lecture "Napoleon: Shadows and Gardens" this afternoon 🌿

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🌸 The floral cabinet and magazine of exotic botany
London: William Smith, 1837-1840.
https://t.co/hhRuwv3Pk4

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