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…and award-winning author of a string of best-selling popular science books, Gavin Francis; successful children’s author Debi Gliori on Alfie and inspiration; and Sarah Jane Douglas talking about her first…
…of Scripture. London: Religious Tract Society. Howie, John. Scots Worthies. The Cloud of Witnesses. Foxe, John. Book of martyrs. Buchanan, Robert. The ten years’ conflict: being the history of the…
25. Cycas pectinata Buchanan-Hamilton CYCADACEAE This species is a native of North-East India and mainland South-East Asia, where it occurs on subtropical hill slopes at altitudes of up to 1000…
…Primula. It was first collected by Buchanan-Hamilton en-route to Kathmandu, in the same area of Nepal as Clematis montana, on his 1802 visit, and was recognised for its horticultural potential…
…the wild. Clematis montana is another example of a plant species that was first collected by Buchanan-Hamilton in Nepal, en-route into Kathmandu in 1802. The species became established in UK…
…The finger-like processes on the left are young, developing spore capsules) Happy Halloween everyone! Read D. J., Duckett J. G., Francis R., Ligrone R. & Russell A. 2000. Symbiotic fungal…
…The detailed images of small cow-wheat have been created by Francis Principe-Gillespie using microphotography. They show details of flowers and fruit that have not previously been captured by photography. The…
…John Bostock (London: Taylor and Francis, 1855), book 20, chapter 82. [5] Hugh Schofield, ‘Bedbug panic sweeps Paris as infestations soar before 2024 Olympics’, BBC News, October 3, 2023, https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66995977….
…the way. The voyage laid the foundation of modern deep-sea studies and described many species new to science. One of the junior naval officers on board was Sub-Lieutenant Andrew Francis…
…Silvaea and Silvianthus are named after Francis de Silva, botanical collector See in stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/3472 Andre Trombeta Silvaea and Silvianthus are named after Francis de Silva, botanical collector See in stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/34728…
…in April/May 1885 (919 p39) and Francis Neville Reid who established the Villa Rufolo Gardens at Ravello came on a trip back to Edinburgh in July 1885 (943, p39). Gustav…
…his landlord was the Scottish Judge Francis Garden, Lord Gardenstone, a great ‘improver’ who in in 1765 had built the model village of Laurencekirk (and in 1789 St Bernard’s Well…
…@NatureScot #NatureRestorationFund Acknowledgement: The detailed images of elm flowers have been created by Francis Principe-Gillespie using microphotography. They show wych elm flowers in greater detail than has previously been seen….
…Food’. First on the list of its jury members was Lt. Col. Arthur McCally who in 1860 became president of the Agri-Horticultural Society. Its second member was Colonel Francis Archibald…
…by Mount Everest Committee Chairman, Sir Francis Younghusband (1863-1942). The letter was originally sent to the new Director of Kew, Arthur Hill (1875-1941), and forwarded on to Balfour, shortly before…
…Lucien André Labourer, 18th January 1937. Joined Royal Artillery, 3rd September 1939, Rank – Lance Bombardier. Service in India, Assam and Burma. Demobilised 5th May 1946. Lee, Francis Probationer Gardener,…
…mankini in fetching sky-blue. In the ‘Ecstasy of St Francis’ of c 1480 in the Frick Collection (in which the Saint is conventionally garbed), some extremely delicate stolons of Cymbalaria…
…“Summer Hyacinth”. Galtonia candicans The genus was named after Sir Francis Galton (1822 – 1911) who was a distant cousin of Charles Darwin and also of considerable intellect. He classified…
…var. atrokermesinum, collected by Francis Kingdon-Ward. The final flower for the week is yet to unfurl fully, but still looks magnificent in bud. The spiky bracts of Rhododendron pudorosum make…
…as seed sent from Francis Kingdon-Ward who collected it in North Burma close to the borders of India and China on the 16th of April 1931 – conicidentally yesterday was…