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botanicus
botanicus
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8.7M
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Botanicus is a freely accessible portal to historic botanical literature from the Missouri Botanical Garden, Peter H. Raven Library. Botanicus is made possible through support from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, W.M. Keck Foundation, and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Topic: botanicus biodiversity missouri botanical garden library
Expanding Access to Biodiversity Literature
collection
8,518
ITEMS
920,536
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Expanding Access to Biodiversity Literature, which is funded generously by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), will significantly increase online access to biodiversity material by positioning the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) as an on-ramp for biodiversity content providers that would like to contribute to the national digital library infrastructure through the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA).
Smithsonian Field Books
Smithsonian Field Books
collection
3,306
ITEMS
504,590
VIEWS
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This collection contains items from the Smithsonian Field Book Project, an initiative to increase accessibility to field book content that documents natural history.
Topic: Natural history
Chinese Academy Science
Chinese Academy Science
collection
21,645
ITEMS
1.2M
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The Chinese Academy of Science
Topic: chinese academy science
BHL Field Notes Project
BHL Field Notes Project
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3,688
ITEMS
395,955
VIEWS
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The BHL Field Notes Project is a collaborative project funded by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR). It provides open access to field notes from institutions throughout the United States. Building on the work of the Smithsonian Field Book Project, the BHL Field Notes Project aims not only to provide general access to this material, but to reunite fragmented collections through institutional collaboration. Doing so will provide a more complete picture of the expeditions,...
Biodiversity Heritage Library Seed & Nursery Catalogs
Biodiversity Heritage Library Seed & Nursery Catalogs
collection
2,477
ITEMS
382,285
VIEWS
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Biodiversity Heritage Library Seed & Nursery Catalogs
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Società botanica italiana
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Topic: Botany -- Periodicals
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Schweizerische Zoologische Gesellschaft; Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Genève
texts

eye 11,227

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Chemical abstracts
Topics: Zoology, Natural history
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Howell, William Henry, 1860-1945
texts

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Topic: Physiology, Comparative
darwinslibrary
darwinslibrary
collection
315
ITEMS
345,761
VIEWS
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A scholarly edition of Darwin's scientific archive.
Topic: charles darwin biodiversity heritage library missouri botanical garden
R/V Dan Moore station logs
R/V Dan Moore station logs
collection
2,431
ITEMS
38,836
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Logs of species identified in trawl nets pulled by the research vessel Dan Moore off the coast of North Carolina in the 1960s and 1970s
Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Library, Art & Archives
Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Library, Art & Archives
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223
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119,888
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The Library, Art & Archives of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew was established 160 years ago and contains one of the largest collections of material in the world relating to botany. The collections comprise 300,000 printed volumes, 5,000 journal titles and 11,000 maps. The Art and Illustrations Collection is without equal and is made up of over 200,000 items – watercolours, prints, drawings, oil paintings and photographs – by some of the finest artists working in the field of botanical...
Pacific Northwest Horticulture
Pacific Northwest Horticulture
collection
799
ITEMS
57,090
VIEWS
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Pacific Northwest plant and garden society publications.
The Library of Congress
by Hyde, Alexander, 1814-1881. [from old catalog]
texts

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Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Universit degli studi di Roma "La Sapienza". Dipartimento di biologia vegetale
texts

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Suspended publication 1943-49
Topics: Plants, Plants -- Italy
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Grasset, Eugène, 1841-1917; Verneuil, M. P. (Maurice Pillard), 1869-1942, ill
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statement of responsibility: sous la direction de M. Eugène Grasset
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Topics: Decoration and ornament, Flowers in art
Desert Botanical Gardens, Schilling Library
Desert Botanical Gardens, Schilling Library
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72
ITEMS
14,083
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Desert Botanical Gardens, Schilling Library
University of Texas Libraries
University of Texas Libraries
collection
48
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13,914
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University of Texas Libraries
The Library of Congress
by Houghton farm. Experiment dept. Mountainville, New York. [from old catalog]; YA Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) DLC [from old catalog]
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Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
collection
82
ITEMS
24,451
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Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Topics: Botanical illustration, Botany, Medical, Materia medica, Vegetable, Medicinal plants, Pictorial...
Topics: Evolution, Natural selection
Smithsonian Libraries
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Each issue illustrated with chromolithographs
Topics: Nature (Aesthetics), Natural history, Art, Chromolithography, Victorian, Cromolithography
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Uexküll, Jakob von, 1864-1944; Mackinnon, Doris L. (Doris Livingston)
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Topic: Biology -- Philosophy
The Library of Congress
by Darlington, William, 1782-1863. [from old catalog]
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Topics: Botany, Economic, Plants
The Library of Congress
by James, Charles Canniff, 1863-1916. [from old catalog]; Craig, John, [from old catalog] ed
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Topic: Agriculture
botanicus
texts

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favorite 21

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Topics: Flower language, Flowers, Symbolic aspects
The New York Botanical Garden
by Kloppenburg, Dale; Wayman, Ann
texts

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favorite 3

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Topic: Hoya
The Library of Congress
by Main, Josiah. [from old catalog]
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Topic: Agricultural education. [from old catalog]
Denver Botanic Gardens Helen Fowler Library
Denver Botanic Gardens Helen Fowler Library
collection
68
ITEMS
17,714
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Denver Botanic Gardens Helen Fowler Library
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Topics: Botany, Botany
Biodiversity Heritage Library
texts

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Topic: Plants
botanicus
by Dodoens, Rembert,; Gerard, John,; John Norton.; Priest, Robert,
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( 1 reviews )
Topics: 1597, Botany, Botany, Medical, Early works to 1800, England, Herbals, Materia medica, Vegetable,...
Topics: Himalaya Mountains, Plants
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Société d'émulation du Doubs
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Description based on: 4. sér., 1. v. (1865)
Topics: Société d'émulation du Doubs, Science
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Burke, L., Mrs
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95 pages, color frontispiece : 13 cm
Topic: Flower language
Biodiversity Heritage Library
texts

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Topics: Architecture, Domestic, Landscape gardening
Smithsonian Libraries
by Crane, Walter, 1845-1915; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
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statement of responsibility: pictured by Walter Crane
Topics: Flowers in literature, Flowers in art, Illustrated books, History, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Topics: Early works to 1800, Microscopy, Natural history, Pre-Linnean works
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Fabre, Jean-Henri, 1823-1915; Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander, 1865-1921; Stawell, Maud Margaret (Key), 1865-; Detmold, Edward Julius, 1883-1957
texts

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Topic: Insects
botanicus
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Topics: Periodicals, Science
Delaware Museum of Natural History Library
Delaware Museum of Natural History Library
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38
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11,696
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Welcome to the Delaware Museum of Natural History Connect to the natural world through exploration and discovery at the Delaware Museum of Natural History. Experience habitats from around the globe, gaze up to a giant squid, encounter a jaguar face-to-face and marvel at the diversity of shells from around the world. Gallery highlights also include the only permanent dinosaur collection in Delaware and a simulated coral reef. Museum researchers maintain our expansive collections of mollusks and...
Biodiversity Heritage Library
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v. ; 41 cm
Topics: Hunting -- Periodicals, Fishing -- Periodicals, Outdoor life -- Periodicals, Sports -- Periodicals
Natural History Museum Library, London
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Vol.1-5, 1903-1915. Supplement, Vol.6-8, 1922-1940
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by qiu jun ping zhang shu yong chen xian qin
texts

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Topic: botany
Smithsonian Libraries
by Cooper-Hewitt Museum; Dee, Elaine Evans; Michie, Thomas S
texts

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RECON
Topics: Cooper-Hewitt Museum, Decoration and ornament, Stencil work, Décoration et ornement, Pochoir
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Lewis, A. B. (Albert Buell), 1867-
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Topics: Textile design, Textile fabrics -- India, Decoration and ornament
The Field Museum of Natural History Library - Texts
by Linton, Ralph, 1893-1953
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 27)
Topics: Indians of North America -- Tobacco use, Tobacco pipes, American Indians -- Tobacco use North...
Topics: Botanical illustration, Botany, Medical, Materia medica, Vegetable, Medicinal plants, Pictorial...
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Sinnott, Edmund Ware, 1888-
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Includes bibliography
Topic: Plant morphogenesis
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This online collection features selected catalogs from the Hastings Seed Company Collection of the Cherokee Garden Library collection. For an overview of the entire Hastings Seed Company Collection, visit the Cherokee Garden Library, Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. This online collection features selected agricultural periodicals from the Cherokee Garden Library collection. For an overview of the entire agricultural periodical collection, visit the Cherokee Garden Library,...
Smithsonian Libraries
by Pratt, Anne, 1806-1893; Miller, Thomas, 1807-1874
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Topics: Flower language, Flowers, Flowers in literature
Topic: Homeopathic veterinary medicine
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Green, E.P., Short, F.T., UNEP-WCMC
texts

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Source: London, UK
Cornell University Library
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The metadata below describe the original scanning. Follow the "All Files: HTTP" link in the "View the book" box to the left to find XML files that contain more metadata about the original images and the derived formats (OCR results, PDF etc.). See also the What is the directory structure for the texts? FAQ for information about file content and naming conventions.
Topics: Flowers in literature, Flower language
Biodiversity Heritage Library
texts

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Biological abstracts
The Library of Congress
by Smith, John Warren, 1863- [from old catalog]
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Topic: Meteorology, Agricultural. [from old catalog]
Smithsonian Libraries
by Ueno, Seikō
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Cover title
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Topics: Kimonos, Pattern design, Themes, motives, Textile design, History, Decoration and ornament,...
Cornell University Library
by La Tour, Charlotte de
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212 p., [12] leaves of plates : 18 cm
Topic: Flower language
The Field Museum of Natural History Library - Texts
by Patterson, J. H. (John Henry), 1867-1947
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Fieldiana, Popular series, Zoology, was published by Field Museum of Natural History, Dept. of Zoology as Leaflet (no. 1-5, 1922-1923), as Zoological leaflet (no. 6, 1924), and as Zoology leaflet (no. 7-14, 1925-1938), and by Chicago Natural History Museum as Popular series: Zoology (no. 15, 1952)
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Topics: Lion hunting -- Kenya Tsavo National Park, Lion attacks -- Kenya Tsavo National Park, Lions --...
Smithsonian Libraries
by Ueno, Seikō
texts

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Cover title
Topics: Kimonos, Pattern design, Themes, motives, Textile design, History, Decoration and ornament,...
Thomas Fisher Biodiversity Collection
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Fisher Copy: Bound in red coarse-cord publishers' cloth blocked in blind and gold; pictoral vignette and lettering in gold with design in blind on upper cover; same design in blind on lower cover; spine in gold and blind
Topic: Birds
Biodiversity Heritage Library
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Topics: Plants, Botany, Botanists, Plant collectors, Plants, Botanical literature
University of Toronto - Gerstein Science Information Centre
by Alberta. Brand Office
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Description based on: 1907/1913
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Topics: Cattle brands, Livestock brands
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Münchner Entomologische Gesellschaft
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Bibliography of agriculture
Topic: Entomology
OISE/UT Library
by Pliny, the Elder; Rackham, H. (Harris), 1868-1944
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Latin and English on opposite pages
Topic: Natural history
Smithsonian Libraries
by Aldrovandi, Ulisse, 1522-1605?, author; Bernia, Marco Antonio, active 1638-1661, publisher; Tebaldini, Nicolò, active 1602-1649, printer; Coriolano, Giovanni Battista, -1649, engraver; Ambrosini, Bartolommeo, 1588-1657. Paralipomena accuratissima historiae omnium animalium; Hoeven, J. van der, (Physician), active 1923, former owner; Beckwith, J. Bruce, 1933-, donor; Browning, Nancy Gay, donor; Saintyves, P. (Pierre), 1870-1935, bookseller; Jeremy Norman & Co., bookseller;...
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2 volumes in 1 : 36 cm (folio)
Topics: Teratology, Monsters, Human anatomy, Abnormalities, Human, Animals, Abnormalities, Plants, Natural...
Biodiversity Heritage Library
texts

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Topic: botany
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Agricola, Georg, 1494-1555; Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
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W Stommel Gift 1994
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Topics: Metallurgy, Mineral industries
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Heck, J. G. (Johann Georg), -1857; Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887
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statement of responsibility: Systematically arranged by J.G. Heck. Translated from the German, with additions, and edited by Spencer F. Baird ... illustrated by five hundred steel plates, containing upwards of twelve thousand engravings
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Topic: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
by Charles A. Reeser Co; Reeser, Charles A; Innisfallen Greenhouses; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
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Cover title
Topics: Nursery stock Ohio Urbana Catalogs, Flowers Seeds Catalogs, Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs, Plants,...
OISE/UT Library
by Pliny, the Elder; Rackham, H. (Harris), 1868-1944
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Latin and English on opposite pages
Topic: Natural history
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Spalding, M.D., Ravilious, C., Green, E.P., UNEP-WCMC
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Source: Cambridge, UK
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Topics: Botanical illustration, Botany, Medical, Materia medica, Vegetable, Medicinal plants, Pictorial...