Stories
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Hunting lost plants in botanical collections
A bark specimen at Kew recalls the story of a South American man who harvested the most potent source of the only effective malaria treatment available in the late 1800s. Killed for his work and forgotten by history, Manuel Mamani was a victim of the colonial juggernaut.
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What the wind can bring
In this extract from ‘This Book is a Plant’, Amanda Thomson shares a newfound fascination with flowers, and reveals why our relationship with plants can also be complicated.
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The healing power of the physic garden
Having experienced the healing power of plants and gardens, Iona Glen goes in search of present-day “physic gardens” and their origins in history.
Catalogue
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Address to the public, on the principles of medical botany : with an enumeration of the herbs; and retail price list of herbs, roots, barks, and compounds, used in the botanic practice, as introduced into England by Dr. Coffin / issued by J. Nadin, medical botanist ... [etc.].
Nadin, Joseph.Date: 1852- Archives and manuscripts
Anatomy, Midwifery, Alchemy, Botany
Date: c.1840Reference: MS.9133- Books
Unearthed : photography's roots.
Date: 2020- Pictures
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Fifteen different forms of plant root and two anatomical sections. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799.
Date: 11 May 1799Reference: 25554i- Books
Mr Cube's roots : the story of sugar / Tate & Lyle Ltd.
Tate & Lyle (Firm)Date: [1962?]