Art + Botany: The Illustrated Journals of Carl Linnaeus
In the summer of 1732, Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus embarked on a scientific expedition to Lapland, a mountainous region replete with uncharted soil, people, and plants.read more
View ArticleBotanic Notables: The Bashful Plant
Quietly trailing the soil with slender stems, Mimosa pudica is an unassuming herb. While it does not invite attention, it responds dramatically to the touch. At a light caress, its fern-like leaves...
View ArticleThe Art of Bark
Much more than the schematics of its layers in a freshman biology book, bark is the armor, the life support, and the face of a tree, indelibly etched with its years of bounty and hardship. Each species...
View ArticleArt + Botany: Mary Vaux Walcott, the "Audubon of Botany"
In 1925 the Smithsonian Institution published a five-volume collection of botanic illustrations titled North American Wild Flowers. The lengthy work cataloged plants that grew throughout the continent,...
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