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Hawaiian flowers for 🌺 Isabella McHutcheson Sinclair's "Indigenous Flowers of the Hawaiian Islands" (1885) is the most important record of Hawaiian flora in the 19th century. Read more about it via ➡️ https://t.co/HiGqIdkMuG

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2019-03-11

Primroses for a warm February day courtesy of Diana Ruth Wilson (1886 - 1969) and our amazing collection of her work

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2019-02-26

(Anguloa x ruckeri) for by Sarah Ann Drake for 𝘌𝘥𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴'𝘴 𝘉𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘦, Vol. 32. Contributed by the Peter H. Raven Library of ➡️ https://t.co/r9okPSPcRR

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2019-02-25

Reports of celandines coming in - here's a glimpse of their sunshine from the drawing of Diana Ruth Wilson 1886-1969

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2019-01-14

Hazel, osier and sallow - attractive winter twig arrangements from our botanical art collection by Diana Ruth Wilson (1886-1969)

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2019-01-07

For explore chromolithographic proof impressions of watercolor drawings, unsigned but possibly by H.G Moon & probably destined for a 3rd series of Frederick Sander's "Reichenbachia." in via ➡️ https://t.co/cdXeQMZV0b

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2018-12-18

With the holidays approaching, you may expect to see a Christmas Rose (Helleborus niger), but this species is poisonous? 😳 by Sydenham Edwards for Curtis's "Botanical Magazine" v. 1 (1787), in via ➡️ https://t.co/xgi7i5gtWz

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2018-12-11

J.D. Hooker's "Flora Antarctica" describes plants discovered on the Ross expedition (1839–1843), which visited islands off the coast of the Antarctic continent. Explore it in via for ➡️ https://t.co/iBdFP31hCV

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2018-12-04

Get your crayons & colored pencils out this Add some color to the from "The Wild Flowers of California" (1902) by Mary Elizabeth Parsons, illustrated by Margaret Warriner Buck. Download from Flickr via ➡️ https://t.co/1kXLO45brq 🌸🌼🌺🖍

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2018-12-03

Nymphaeaceae for This is from the 1868 quarto edition of "Illustrations of the Natural Order of Plants" by Elizabeth Twining (of the family). It is available in thanks to ➡️ https://t.co/4kxW8DfRxT

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2018-11-27

Explore "The Floral Magazine" (1860-1881) for Illustrators for this publication on popular garden plants included John Nugent Fitch, Walter Hood Fitch, James Andrews, and Worthington George Smith. Find it in via & : https://t.co/syxGKoa4LS

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2018-11-27

James Vick (1818-1882) was a pioneer in mass-producing color illustrations in seed catalogs. He included beautiful full-page chromolithographs in his catalogs. has digitized many Vick catalogs for ➡️ https://t.co/4wugDvy1dn 🌸🌺🌻

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2018-11-06

🍎 🍐 Johann Hermann Knoop's "Pomologia" (1758) is among the earliest books on pomology to be illustrated with colored plates. It describes >100 apple & >90 pear varieties. Check it out in thanks to ➡️ https://t.co/fn3P8AaiSh

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2018-10-24

Pitcher plants (Nepenthes x mastersiana). from The Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener, and Home Farmer, Ser. 3 Vol. 5 (1882), edited by Robert Hogg. Contributed in by the of : https://t.co/Tck7toaZiG

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2018-10-22

The European aspen (Populus tremula) is native to cool, temperate regions of Europe and Asia. from J. Sturm's "Flora von Deutschland", Bd. 4 (1905) by Ernst H.L. Krause. Contributed for digitization by : https://t.co/mc1Ck4qV2r

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2018-10-02

Autumn crocus, by Diana Ruth Wilson (1886-1969), sometimes seen in churchyards & once grown for its medicinal properties, curing gout

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2018-10-01

Hips, haws and sloes abundant now, observed by Diana Ruth Wilson (1886-1969)

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2018-09-24

Happy There are approximately 28,000 species in the Orchidaceae family. Explore some of those found in Germany with J. Sturm's "Flora von Deutschland", Bd. 4 (1905) by Ernst H.L. Krause. Contributed in by : https://t.co/yzwhVmGbHP

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2018-09-18

Sacred Lotus (described here as Sacred Bean of India), appears in vol. 23 of Curtis's botanical magazine. This specimen was drawn from life, from two plants kept in One, at Mile End, and the other, at Paddington. from and

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2018-09-17

Vibrant autumn colour from the Diana Ruth Wilson collection this morning

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2018-09-17