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For centuries there was a close relationship between art and science. An example is in past centuries, in which artists were essential to show the animals and plants overseas as faithfully as possible.

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2022-11-21

Les de toutes espèces sont d'un effet admirable, non seulement à cause de leurs feuilles luisantes mais aussi par leurs qui restent sur l'arbre une partie de l'#hiver.
Et ils décorent très bien nos chaumières pour
➡️ https://t.co/2Cj18Ui2YX

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2021-12-20

Some plants grown for food are important food for moth caterpillars.

Eyed hawk-moth caterpillars eat apple leaves. Buff arches caterpillars eat bramble leaves & mint moth caterpillars eat mint leaves!

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2021-07-19

The "unofficial" British rose, so called because its root was said to cure a bite from a mad dog, courtesy of Diana Ruth Wilson (1886-1969)

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2021-07-06

Born on this day 1886 at The Green, Sherborne, the pioneering botanical artist Diana Ruth Wilson. Shown with her younger sister Patience outside her home.

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2021-05-31

Celebrating the height of spring flowering with Diana Ruth Wilson's artistry (1886-1969) this morning.#BotanicMonday

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2021-05-10

For centuries there was a close relationship between art and science. An example is scientific expeditions in past centuries, in which the artists were essential to show the animals and plants overseas as faithfully as possible.

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2021-05-03

Variations on a theme of primula this morning, from the Diana Ruth Wilson botanical collection

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2021-04-19

Selection of cheery yellows from our botanical art collection by Diana Ruth Wilson (1886-1969)

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2021-04-12

Good day to everyone, but especially to this little horse made of seaweed. from: https://t.co/vt8q50ZCdL.

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2021-03-16

Marking the on with two native evergreens historically used to decorate homes on the shortest day of the year

Have you got some hanging up this year? Share your photos with us!

📷 Holly (Ilex aquifolium) and Ivy (Hedera helix) collected in Wales

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2020-12-21

Autumnal hedgerow fruits from our collection of botanical watercolours by Diana Ruth Wilson (1886-1969)

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2020-10-05

Some beautiful heathland plants from our botanical art collection by Diana Ruth Wilson (1886-1969)#BotanicMonday

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2020-09-22

Selection of colourful seasonal fruits from our wonderful collection of botanical watercolours

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2020-08-24

An oleander plant (Nerium oleander): flowering stem. Coloured lithograph, c. 1850, after A. Bétrérnieux (?). From .

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2020-08-17

Peacock's Tail (Padina pavonica)

A brown seaweed that is rare in Wales, where it reaches its northern limit.

This specimen was collected from Jersey in the 1880s.

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2020-07-27

Centaurea amblensis was described by Graells in 1859. It differs well from other centaureas for its numerous flowers pink, which in the other species are scarce and yellow. The drawing of the species was made by a former director of

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2020-06-16

Tulipa javana Rumph "Juan de Cuéllar's expedition to the Philippines" (1786-1794); botanical determination: Crinum amabile.

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2020-06-01

Feeling blue?
Let these amazing illustrations of blue flowers from the botany collections lift your mood. Artists include Ainslie Ensom and Alister Mathews

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2020-05-25

"Alpenflora" (1905), by Gustav Hegi & Gustav Dunzinger, offers a comprehensive account of the botany of the mountainous Alpine regions, particularly Bavaria, Austria and Switzerland. Explore the work in thanks to ➡️ https://t.co/OTcZbywBeV

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2020-05-11