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Colored botanical illustration of a dandelion plant.

Some of the Most Beautiful Herbals

April 14, 2016 Circulating Now

By Michael North This post is the sixth in a series exploring the National Library of Medicine’s rich and varied collection of “herbals,” which are

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Botanical Illustration of the Larkspur plant including blue flower, thin leaved foliage, and seedpod.

July Blooms

July 8, 2015 circulating now

By Ginny A. Roth   The image featured above is a botanical illustration of the flower, fruit, and seed of the Larkspur, the July birth

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Detail from a botanical illustration of a red poppy flower.

The Red Poppy: A Curious Herbal

August 30, 2013 circulating now

By Laura McNulty and Ginny A. Roth ~ This image, rightly called “Red Poppy,” appears in the eighteenth century herbal  by Elizabeth Blackwell (1707-1758) titled

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