I am a huge fan of the Biodiversity Heritage Library. It is simply a fantastic resource for accessing old monographs and periodicals for free and without the hassle of having to travel to libraries. You simply download the required tome / volume as a pdf - and to top it all, its FREE.
Now the BHL is offering another wonderful resource - the BioDivLibrary photostream of scanned plates of, for the purposes of this blog, flowering plants. The collection of images is ever increasing, but already there is a folder of plates from Curtis's Botanical Magazine and Walter Fitch's lovely rhododendrons from Joseph Hooker's The rhododendrons of Sikkim-Himalaya.
But, of course, the site holds much more than just flowering plants. So do take a look and make use of this superb resource.
Thanks for sharing this amazinf resource. I love old botanical pictures so will have a look
ReplyDeleteExtraordinary images! However,it seems the only plant ID available is that which may appear in the botanical illustration itself.
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