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…and tribulations of a moss in the lab: DNA extraction http://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/24399 Copying moss DNA in the molecular lab http://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/24451 Gel electrophoresis of Schistidium ITS DNA http://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/24531 Cleaning the Schistidium PCRs…
…usually fruitless, but this time it wasn’t long before I actually did spot a name still familiar to everyone, especially now that his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes are…
…and 1932. He tells of his experiences as he travels through the country, and I hope to be able to share some of his stories from his letters, in particular…
…new Garden record (the 750th, as previously reported in Botanics Stories: http://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/16009) and the weevils Phyllobius maculicornis and Polydrusus formosus made their annual appearance on the hornbeam hedge in the…
…and Mark Hughes from our Tropical section, Dr Michelle Hart and myself from Scientific and Technical Services and Drs Kuo-Fang Chang and Yu-Hsin Chen from the Academia Sinica, Taiwan. https://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/16411…
…a separate post (https://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/29014) about the BioBlitz. Twenty-nine other new Garden records were added during June (including a few from May that had not been identified): 4 moths, 1 dragonfly,…
…and stories to give us a glimpse of the cultural importance of each species. Second, the botanical experts from all over the world who have volunteered their knowledge to help…
…amazing, atmospheric shots in the Glasshouses among bananas, ferns and other temperate plants. The results are so incredible we were keen to share them through Botanics Stories. …
…ideas regarding some of the species names (but is not responsible for my attachment to old families); and Ray Stephenson for his identification of, and interesting information about, Sedum dasyphyllum. https://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/33619…
…stories? Roscoea humeana from RBGE’s glass plate negative collection. David Hume David Hume was born on the 12th September 1888 at 30 Colville Place, Edinburgh to Peter and Davina Hume….
Ellie Harrison’s Early Warning Signs, Sign 1/4 outside Inverleith House, RBGE, 2021. Photograph by Tom Nolan. In a time of such unpredictable global conditions, we can’t pull ourselves away from…
…get readings from our deNovix. I’ll leave off doing this until just before we use the DNA, though, particularly as it’s not being stored in lo-bind tubes. https://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/16411…
…art, gardening and stories centred around the Botanic Cottage and the Edible Gardening Project beds which should be looking at their sumptuous best in mid-June. Thanks to generous support from…
The much loved rose is by nature a flower of soft colours ranging from pale creams and lemons to peaches, pinks and deeper reds and crimson. For centuries the garden…
…records (in books, journals and online databases), summarised in another Botanics Story (https://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/28661, posted on 3 May) yielded a further 5 mammals, 21 birds, one butterfly, one moth and 25…
…landscape http://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/24333 Campylopus introflexus, an invasive alien on the glasshouse roof http://stor/ies.rbge.org.ukarchives/24359 The trials and tribulations of a moss in the lab: DNA extraction http://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/24399 Copying moss DNA in the…
…Monocarpus – http://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/17112 Finding Monocarpus, in the Herbarium – http://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/17146 Finding Monocarpus, in the field – http://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/17272 Lost before found: Was there more than one species in Monocarpus? – http://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/17904…
…pleased to announce we will have leading nature writer Mark Cocker speaking on the Saturday afternoon. Expect some hard-hitting stories about the state of conservation in Britain. Mark’s latest book,…
…be honest I’ve thought about this so much I no longer know which I’d pick. All Project Soothe Stories What soothes you? We are excited to have created an exhibition…
…to Schistidium in the built environment http://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/24310 Volunteering at the Botanics – bryophytes in our living landscape http://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/24333 Campylopus introflexus, an invasive alien on the glasshouse roof http://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/24359 The trials…