Enthusiasm for cultivating the innumerable new species supported a wide variety of books on plants and gardening, including publications like William Curtis’s Botanical magazine (1787-present ...

What: Rare-books event with featured speaker Lester Lefton, president of Kent State University, tour of the Cleveland Botanical Garden's rare-book collection and sale. Where: 11030 East Blvd ...

This 8-by-11-inch spiral-bound book, priced at $49.95, features more than 180 color photos and numerous full-page botanical illustrations in color and black-and-white.

When I succumb to my compulsions and browse the Internet when I should be working, I always find myself lured back to the same sites. A big draw: antique pictures of plants. But these are not photos.

Pharaoh's Flowers: The Botanical Treasures of Tutankhamun, Second Edition Heppner, Hepper, F. Nigel Hepper. Kws Publishers, $35 (150pp) ISBN 978-0-9817736-3-6 ...

Nation's botanical treasures to go on display. Published. 15 July 2018. Share. ... The RHS has amassed a large collection of treasures, from rare plant specimens to old books and plant catalogues.

Nation's botanical treasures to go on display. ... who was known for his caricatures and botanical works. The book was a gift to Isabella Allen in 1830 from "my good friend Mrs Green".

Allen's Book of Berries (1915) is just one of the many seed catalogues in the Mertz's collection. New York Botanical Garden/Public Domain An 1811 drawing of lichen from the book Lichenes Americani ...

In a powerful moment for conservation, the book “Important Plant Areas of Cameroon” was officially launched on 18 June during ...

people wonder on stepping into the roomy, book-lined building, which once housed a bank and whose vault now boasts silver and gold coins ranging from 6th-century Delhi to 20th-century Kerala.

When 98-year-old botanical artist Margaret Stones died just after Christmas at her home in Australia, she left behind a body of work that will live on for years, especially in ...

Image caption, A Chilean potato plant brought back by Charles Darwin in 1835 A potato plant collected by Charles Darwin during his voyage on the Beagle is among botanical treasures to go on ...