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"During the cold season these brilliant leaves are in full splendour".

Poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima) from Lena Lowis' "Familiar Indian Flowers" (1878), devoted to plants commonly cultivated in Indian gardens. In via ➡️ https://t.co/gestiJ4823

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2019-12-11

"These Beautiful Birds dwell in a land where winter never comes." ☀️

This explore "Beautiful Birds in Far-Off Lands" (1872) by sisters Elizabeth and Mary Kirby, available in thanks to ➡️ https://t.co/CwRFokA4pF

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2019-12-06

The wild arum (Arum maculatum) is widespread across most of Europe, as well as Turkey and the Caucasus. ⁣#SciArt by Mary Ann Burnett for her "Plantæ utiliores" ([1839]1842-1850). Explore the work in via ➡️ https://t.co/U547IjOfEN

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2019-12-04

The nasturtium Tropaeolum moritzianum is native to South America. drawn & lithographed by C.F. Schmidt for "Icones plantarum rariorum Horti Regii Botanici Berolinensis" (1840-44). Explore this work in thanks to ➡️ https://t.co/eMjXxWTvov

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2019-12-03

Only a few copies of Buc'hoz's "Le grand jardin de l'univers" (1785-91) are known to exist in institutional libraries. The work is a guide for botanists and amateurs on suggested plants to cultivate.

Explore v. 1 in thanks to ➡️ https://t.co/J76HNE1vaD 🌸🌺🌼

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2019-11-20

de Provins (Rosa gallica) has centuries of representation in French history. by Henriette Vincent for her "Études de Fleurs et de Fruits" (c. 1820). In via the Lenhardt Library of ➡️ https://t.co/VyLTef1cdy

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2019-11-19

Boas and Paulli’s “The Elephant’s Head" is a beautifully illustrated work dedicated to the craniofacial anatomy of the elephant, presented alongside several other mammals for comparison. Explore v.1 (1908) in via ➡️ https://t.co/wDTehhQ51y 🐘

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2019-11-19

Hybrid lilies, a cross between Lilium speciosum and Lilium auratum, cultivated by Mr. G. Thomson. by Walter Hood Fitch for "The Florist and Pomologist" (1878), edited by Thomas Moore. Digitized in by the ➡️ https://t.co/hHZ4v0yAZU

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2019-11-16

are part of the taxonomic order which means "sheathed wing." by Robert Morgan from "The Coleoptera of the British Islands", Vol. 3 (1889) by William W. Fowler. Contributed in by of the ➡️ https://t.co/bLWSNYbBm3 🐞

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2019-11-08

The first illustrated book published in Australia was about birds! John Lewin's "The Birds of New South Wales" (1813) was republished in a 3rd and 4th edition, which are in thanks to ➡️ https://t.co/eIWhc87vzS

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2019-11-08

Members of the genus Erica are known by the common names of heath and heather. "Coloured Engravings of Heaths" (1794-1830), by Henry Charles Andrews, was produced amidst England's "Erica-mania". Explore the 4 volumes in via ➡️ https://t.co/PbKl8t2WKh

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2019-11-07

Three generations of Sowerbys contributed to "Thesaurus conchyliorum" (1847-87), one of the rarest of all conchology books. It includes over 500 hand-colored engraved or lithographed plates. Find it in via ➡️ https://t.co/0j9WH3CQff 🐚

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2019-11-05

Carving a pumpkin this Halloween? that the pumpkin is a cultivar of a squash plant, most commonly of Cucurbita pepo? from "Icones Plantarum Medico-Oeconomico-Technologicarum" (1800-22), in via ➡️ https://t.co/7Vpi1cAzRs 🎃

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2019-10-30

Thanks to , we now have a color copy of Krefft's "Snakes of Australia" (1869) in The is by Harriet Scott Morgan and Helena Scott Forde, who illustrated many works on Australian biodiversity. https://t.co/ztc8DRMS2r

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2019-10-30

J.D. Hooker's "Flora Antarctica", with by Walter H. Fitch, describes specimens from the Ross expedition (1839–1843), which visited islands off the Antarctic continent's coast. Find it in via ➡️ https://t.co/p9fj9kTDZ3

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2019-10-23

Margaret Lace Roscoe hoped her "Floral Illustrations of the Seasons" (1831) would be a useful guide for other women "both in their selection for a flower garden, and as objects for their pencil." Explore the work in via ➡️ https://t.co/DJWFnSFCGY

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2019-10-23

Pierre Bulliard's "Herbier de la France" (1780-93) organized French plants & fungi according to their medicinal, poisonous, and edible qualities. The was engraved and color-printed by the author. Explore it in via ➡️ https://t.co/gOzsNbNlky

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2019-10-19

Entomologist Adolfo P. Mabilde lamented the lack of a published book on the insects of the Rio Grande. So he decided to publish one himself. Explore "Guia practica para os principiantes colleccionadores de Insectos" (1896) in via ➡️ https://t.co/bcoRRSRmlQ

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2019-10-17

The genus Zeledonia, containing the single species Zeledonia coronata, was named in honor of Costa Rican ornithologist José Castulo Zeledón. by Henrik Grönvold from the "Ibis" (ser. 8, vol. 5, 1905), in via ➡️ https://t.co/twwYk9zBZx

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2019-10-16

German entomologist Carl Gustav Calwer specialized in Coleoptera. His popular beetle book was produced as a useful handbook on the natural history of European beetles. Explore Calwer's "Käferbuch" (1883) in thanks to ➡️ https://t.co/GTqETF5ml2 🐞

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