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Chinese (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis). by Sarah Ann Drake for Edwards's Botanical Register, Vol. 21 (1836). View in with thanks to the Raven Library of the for digitizing: https://t.co/oAIpW8ittW --

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2020-12-03

(Campanula tomentosa). by Matilda Smith for Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Vol. 143 (1917). View in with thanks to the Raven Library of for digitizing https://t.co/602100gfCC --

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2020-09-19

Berger also observed two fruit trees, Mulberry and Fig, fading in that first week of September, 1755.

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2020-08-30

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

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2020-08-17

This week in Stillingfleet's 1755 Rooks roost in their nesting trees, while the Goat Sucker, or Nightjar, is no longer heard at night. Yellow Devil's Bit is in bloom, as Peas and Wheat are ready for harvest.

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2020-08-17

These paintings are attributed to Harriet G. Williams, and accompanied this hand-written manuscript prepared by her husband. From https://t.co/yJ7tKcOvDS.

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2020-06-11

In England, Harebell is symbolic of St. George, according to Richard Folkard (1884). Abroad, the Peony is associated with the saint, whose feast day is today. Illustrations from Curtis' .

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2020-04-24

Red carpet looks as flowers: Hailee Steinfeld x Paeonia spp. by Sarah Anne Drake from Edwards's botanical register (vol. 17); via and Peter H. Raven Library.

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2020-02-10

Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica). by Eliza Turck for Familiar Wild Birds (1883). View more in : https://t.co/Y5F3yVr8PD —

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2020-01-13

Cheers to 2020! 🍾 Traditionally, on St. John's Eve (23 June), English girls picked Moss Rose (Rosa muscosa). If, on New Year's Eve, the flowers were still pink, a lady's lover was faithful.

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2020-01-01

Here's someone who needs a page! See more of Tessie K. Frank's 'Watercolors of vascular plants, 1895-1935' on . cc: https://t.co/k2tiKTzJQ7

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2019-11-20

(Cirrhopetalum fletcheranum). by Matilda Smith for Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Vol. 141 (1915). View more in with thanks to the Raven Library of the for digitizing: https://t.co/3lfJE84veC --

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2019-09-26

Horse (Agaricus arvensis). by Anna Maria Hussey for her Illustrations of British Ser. 1 (1847). View more in with thanks to the Mertz Library of the for digitizing: https://t.co/XEUyQHsTUr --

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2019-08-26

Harriet Isabel Adams, mid-19th C. botanical artist. Explore her Wild Flowers of the British Isles for via : https://t.co/DKx0cKUDm4 -- H/T to for this discovery!

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2019-08-14

Agnes Fitzgibbon (1833–1913), a Canadian botanical artist. Explore her lovely from Canadian Wild Flowers (1868) which was digitized for by the : https://t.co/M1fru8yqlh --

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2019-08-15

Beautiful cactus blossom of a species in the genus Epiphyllum. by Louise-Cécile Descamps-Sabouret for Revue Horticole (1898). View in with thanks to & Libraries: https://t.co/Wbmf4Dl13m --

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2019-06-11

One of my favourite things on is this hand-written, largely hand-illustrated manuscript by Stephen West Williams and Harriet Goodhue. Check it out here on : https://t.co/yJ7tKcOvDS via !

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2019-06-04

Happy Enjoy the gorgeous botanical of Matilda Smith digitized for and included in : https://t.co/BHdX6ODiX7 --

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2019-05-21

“We have uncovered a new American scientist and artist..." Read about Anne Wollstonecraft's botanical masterpiece via https://t.co/xl7QF11h0U, and see it here https://t.co/A2iwNFk4Pk via .

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2019-04-23