A Short History of the Seed & Nursery Catalogue in Europe and the U.S. Presented by Special Collections & Archives Research Center, Oregon State University Libraries. The OSU Seed and Nursery Trade catalogue collection contains over 2,000 items from 1832 to 1966. While the collection is most comprehensive in its representation of American catalogues from […]
National Geographic Topographical Maps Online via PetaPixel, Reddit, and Fstoppers = National Geographic has digitized every US Geological Survey (USGS) topographical map from across the United States on one easy-to-navigate site and made them easy to print out at home. If you’ve ever gone hunting topographical maps via the USGS, you know that it can […]
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Magnolia [Virginiana a.] glauca Illustration by Charles Edward Faxon (1846-1918) Original drawing for Silva of North America by Charles Sprague Sargent [Volume 1, plate 3] ca. 1890 A larger version of this image is available in Harvard Mirador Viewer. Charles Edward Faxon, in addition to acting as Assistant Director to Charles Sprague Sargent, also ran […]
Darwin by Post Darwin and his Colleagues at the Lloyd Library and Museum Darwin By Post is an online exhibit brought to you by The Lloyd Library and Museum in Cincinnati, which specializes and natural history, botany, and the history of medicine. This project began with the idea of transposing Charles Darwin’s correspondence, diaries (as […]
Hamamelis japonica Photograph by George W. Root Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts February 15, 1926 Hamamelis spp. “Witch-hazel” is our Tree of Month for March 2016. The Arnold Arboretum Horticultural Library and Archives will feature a new view of a Hammaelis specimen every Thursday of this month, so keep checking back! Andrew Gapinski, Arnold Arboretum […]
The Highgrove Florilegium ‘The Highgrove Florilegium will not only provide an historical record of the plants in my garden, but will also be enjoyed by many of those who have an abiding love for plants and gardens’ HRH The Prince of Wales, Taken from the Preface of The Highgrove Florilegium At the invitation of His […]
Jesup Wood Collection, Hunnewell Building, circa 1902 Photograph by Thomas E. Marr (active ca.1890-1910, American) Hunnewell Building, Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts 1901-1902 Just after the turn of the 20th century, the Arnold Arboretum curated “The Woods of the United States” exhibit, which from 1902 to 1938 was located in what is now our Visitor […]
Demonstrations will take place indoors and possibly outdoors depending on the weather, beginning on both days with MA South Shore Woodturners at 11am, Central NE Woodturners at 1pm, and Association of Revolutionary Turners at 3pm. This fall, the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University presents Turning Wood: The Art of the Woodturner, a unique art exhibition […]
Acer pictum Japan Alternate Title: Tree trunk with man Photograph by Ernest Henry Wilson (1876-1930), American, English Sapporo Park, Hokkaido, Japan August 23, 1914 A larger version of this image is available in Harvard University’s HOLLIS+ catalog. Ernest Henry Wilson is one of the most prolific, renowned, and farthest traveled plant explorers associated with The […]
China – Tibetan children [Title from recto of mount.] Alternate Title: Girl carrying small child Photograph by William Purdom (1880-1921) 1909-1911 A larger version of this image is available in Harvard University’s HOLLIS+ catalog. Read more about the life and travels of William Purdom and other plant explorers in our Image Collection. The Archive Collection […]
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