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How an Enslaved Gardener Transformed the Pecan Into a Cash Crop

Beronda L. Montgomery on the Unsung Contributions of Black and Indigenous People to American Biology

https://lithub.com/how-an-enslaved-gardener-transformed-the-pecan-into-a-cash-crop/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01KFTZBCW42TQ28MP0BQPX2FQJ&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER

Botanics at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/115

#books #botanics #biology

Carya illinoinensis (Wangenh.) K.Koch.

Multiple leaflets arranged along a central rachis (stem) showing some characteristics
Serrated (toothed) margins
Lanceolate to oblong shape
Prominent venation preserved in the pressing
Typical arrangement of 9-13 leaflets on this specimen

The brown color is normal for aged herbarium specimens

https://www.botanicalcollections.be/#/en/specimen/BR0000024493932

The forecast said sleet. But I've just had a walk through lovely fluffy falling snow - through the Botanics and Inverleith Park. Utterly beautiful. And, wearing thermals and a thick anorak, very cosy!

I was surprised to see curlews feeding on what must be frozen ground opposite Fettes!

(I did try taking pictures of falling snow, but they were rubbish.)

Now I'm off to the pub!

#Edinburgh #Botanics #Inverleith

A colour photograph in portrait format of two birds on grassy land with very thin patchy snow lying on some of it.

The birds are smaller than pigeons and have various shades of beige to dark brown feathers. They have very thin legs with nobbly knees.

They have very long down turned beaks which identify them as curlews.

There are several more birds in the distance - also curlews.

This is good news! The glass houses have been closed for ages. I bet the ferns that were growing there which I had collected as a student have gone ...!

#Edinburgh #Botanics #GoodNews

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c36z2zy87pxo

A Chinese Lantern encasing it’s berry in a gilded cage.
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#berrybeauty
#curated_nature
#autumntone
#magicmood
#all_kinds_beauty
#nature_lovers
#wildberries
#natureshot
#nature_shooters
#londongarden
#orange
#berrypretty
#seasonal
#botanics
#macrogardening
#floralstories
#macro_captures_
#stripped
#skeletal
#vividcolour
#moods
#flowersandmacro
#macro_nature
#autumnfoliage
#catford
#dayofdays
#chineselantern
#mycorbettgarden
#mrflowerman1

Lotus and Lilly pads 🪷

#photography #lilypad #lotus
#girl #vibrant #mine #botanics

#festive #Edinburgh #Botanics #RBGE

The Botanics getting ready for Christmas

The autumn sun has disappeared #イマソラ #Edinburgh #Botanics #RBGE #sky

An Introduction to: Plant Genetics (prototype) for the TI-99/4A

https://youtu.be/fT_4ZrlzzcU?si=fVkLyA1TO7s6PoVR

#AnIntroductiontoPlantGenetics #TI994A #Educational #Education #Edutainment #PlantGenetics #Botanics #Prototype #TexasInstrumentsIncorporated #TexasInstruments

Autumnal #イマソラ #Edinburgh #Botanics #RBGE #sky

A tiny pot of pink flowers my flatmate purchased for £1 at the Botanics. Pic taken in late summer 2017.

#Edinburgh #Botanics

Cute little pot of succulent plant (but a very skinny and small one) with light-green leaves (some of their tips looks a bit reddish). Two very thin stems growing out from them have lots of small pink flowers and buds. Each of the flower has a round light-green ovary that looks like a tiny marble, with many tiny stamens (with yellow anther and red filament) around. The plant is a type of sempervivum.

#boekentip Berthe Hoola van Nooten. Wat een aparte vrouw… Het boek brengt ook stukjes van het ( koloniale) leven in Indië tot leven. #botanics #womansart #art