This is my of White repens, for . I love clovers, and their amazing root nodules that fix N2. I sold the framed original of this yesterday, such a treat to have my going to a good home!

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Stinking Iris or Roast Beef plant (Iris foetidissima) as portrayed by our Edwardian Botanical artist Diana Ruth Wilson 1886-1969

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A handful of medicinal herbs selected from the Wilson botanical collection

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Appearing in a hedgerow near you, a selection of fruiting trees/shrubs as portrayed by our Edwardian botanical artist Diana Ruth Wilson (1886-1969)

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A selection of hand-tinted pages from Diana Ruth Wilson's "Flora" of the Nilgiri Hills that complements our early collection of local botanical drawings

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A selection of summer purples and pinks from the Diana Ruth Wilson botanical collection - all these 194 paintings of West Dorset flora are stunning when seen first-hand!

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A selection of midsummer hypericum, the flower of St. John. If you come across some unexpectedly you're supposed to place a bit in your left armpit and make a wish! courtesy of our Wilson botanical collection.

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Ok, a couple more. Grass,sedge or rush?(tweet yours with hashtags 4 this Sun17th June 8-9pm ) From L to R, Common Meadow Shoenus nigrans). done 4 &

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Should be seeing the Early Purple Orchid soon; Diana Ruth Wilson (1886-1969) painted many different orchids around Sherborne at the turn of the C20th

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Chilly violets for a snowy week ahead - the heating is on in the museum for winter opening Tuesday and Thursday am 10.30-12.30, so come and view all 200 Diana Ruth Wilson watercolours

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We had some snow this morning! Snowdrops ‘Galanthus nivalis’ 😉❄️

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Winter twigs from the Wilson Botanical collection reflecting the austere beauty of the season

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Rosehip syrup, full of Vitamin C, used to keep away coughs and colds at this time of year, drawn by our own Diana Ruth Wilson (1886-1969)

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A glossy sprig of Christmas Holly from Diana Ruth Wilson (1886-1969). As a girl, she took a posy of Dorset holly and hellebores on the ship bound for Rio, to ward against homesickness on her plant hunting trip

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Sketch, unusually from Fairbourne in Wales, by Diana Ruth Wilson from our archive

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Spectacular guelder rose autumn fruiting, Diana Ruth Wilson botanical collection

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