Happy Easter from us all in the RHS Libraries team.

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There appear to be two principal grievances. I hope I have disposed of the first, but I do suggest that some society such as the RHS might supply an inexpensive alphabetical glossary for easy reference.
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I made a rhs valentines set! It’s a wip rn but enjoy! Also, don’t steal my work, thanks.

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do not trust anyone with a bald noob icon on rhs
99% of the time they either sexist or stupid

actually theyre just bothGD JDHJSDSBHA

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Moonlight over RHS.

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Apples and the park: Codlings, Costards and Biffins
Our apple growing heritage...... online exhibition from the RHS Lindley Library.......https://t.co/Vt1PaY7Rfx (Images: USDA)

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Boxing at magical Glow next week. A new painting have a peek here >https://t.co/zJuMxsRSyF
Available as an original and Limited Edition Print from https://t.co/ADK1SG4ugY, my or RHS Harlow Carr Shop from £55. Ideal

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William Hooker was the first artist employed by the RHS to paint fruit varieties in an extensive project that lasted from 1815-1823.

Over 200 paintings, by Hooker and other artists, make up this early collection which are bound in albums known as ‘Hooker’s Fruit Drawings’

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The RHS has had a library since its foundation in 1804 and has actively collected publications that support the development of the science, art and practice of horticulture. However, we have much more than a magnificent collection of books

Find out more: https://t.co/HHl4YNodKS

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Watercolour by William Hooker of the apple 'The Scarlet Nonpareille'

This is taken from one of ten volumes known as 'Hooker's Fruits' which were commissioned by the RHS to help standardise the nomenclature of cultivated fruit. The painting is dated 1816.

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. holds a vast collection of exquisite botanical artwork, some dating back to the 17th Century.

We have a range of beautiful fruit & veg prints available from the RHS Print Shop, browse here:

https://t.co/qc34s2pUuA

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Birth of Thomas Andrew Knight (1759-1838), RHS President. Printed lithograph by Richard James Lane after an original by Solomon Cole, 1841.

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