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James Sowerby's "English Botany", issued in 267 monthly parts & featuring nearly 2,600 hand-colored engravings, was the most comprehensive, illustrated flora of Great Britain available at the time. 3rd ed. (1863-1886) in ➡️ https://t.co/wQPbjzTSrb

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2020-02-11

A set of three woodland plant illustrations: wild strawberries, lilies of the valley, and windflowers!🌼I hope to illustrate more plants in future, this was great fun.

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2020-02-10

🌻 COMING SOON 🌻 our new art exhibition ‘Radical Botany’ opens Feb 15.

Don’t miss this wondrous display of endemic species, carnivorous plants, delicate flowers and everyday vegetables, alongside contemporary artworks that reveal plants and their stories in a new light 🌱

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2020-02-08

muggle-born, ravenclaw, aries sun

au where im always stealing my gryffindor girlfriends robe when i get cold // future where i dabble in botany and specifically nocturnal plantlife 🤓🤓🤓✨🌼 https://t.co/CtpimuMwEM

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2020-02-07

For here's a Rushy Tetratheca from "Zoology and botany of New Holland and the isles adjacent" by George Shaw, 1793. (Tetratheca juncea https://t.co/EXCMIhFdlu via

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2020-02-07

"Making fruit attractive in print is not easy."

John Lindley, English horticulturalist and author of Pomologia Britannica (1841), is 's Scientist of the Day!

https://t.co/X0qbbZh52E


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2020-02-06

Sverre Malling Norwegian visual artist b.1977 in Oslo. His precise and subtle with classical art, botany, the occult, psychedelic, folk art and children's literature.
Many exhibitions
Court-drawer in Breivik Case, Oslo Tingrett 2012 and this has influenced some of his work

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2020-02-05

Botanical illustration and the park: English botany, or Coloured figures of British plants....... by James Sowerby et al.......1863-1886, 12 vols....... from BHL/NYBG ......https://t.co/4YE7OvIIET

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2020-02-04

Calling on all twitter botanists!

What is the first thing that comes to your mind when asked

'What is the future of flowers?'

I would be really interested to hear your wildest ideas/ thoughts for an upcoming exhibit -The Future of Flowers

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2020-02-04

A Curious Herbal: Gorgeous Illustrations from Elizabeth Blackwell's 18th-Century Encyclopedia of Medicinal Botany https://t.co/y9RV5Pk8eZ via <

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2020-02-02

Elizabeth Blackwell is 29. The year is 1736. Her husband is in debtor’s prison and she has a small child to feed. What does she do? She turns desperation into inspiration, learning botany and painting an exquisite encyclopedia of medicinal plants. Dive in: https://t.co/vpV2EqjbWY

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2020-02-02

Elizabeth Blackwell is 29. The year is 1736. Her husband is in debtor’s prison and she has a small child to feed at home. What does she do? She turns desperation into inspiration, learning botany and painting an exquisite encyclopedia of medicinal plants: https://t.co/QmWdejbnmr

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2020-01-30

Elizabeth Blackwell is 29. The year is 1736. Her husband is in debtor’s prison and she has a small child to feed at home. What does she do? She turns desperation into inspiration, learning botany and painting an exquisite encyclopedia of medicinal plants https://t.co/LaTPLKA2kh

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2020-01-30

A Curious Herbal – gorgeous illustrations from Elizabeth Blackwell's 18th-century encyclopedia of medicinal botany https://t.co/QmWdejsYL1

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2020-01-29

made a character for d&d who's a local village priestess on some days, and a botany enthusiast adventurer on others. halfling because..... chilchack from dungeon meshi is my muse u///u

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2020-01-22

Think are just a mythical magical plant from Harry Potter? Think again! As explains, mandrakes are real, and they've been growing at for the past four centuries...

https://t.co/cbimFYci8G

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2020-01-17