When I was just a little mouse, my mom occasionally got me a pomegranate as a treat. It was fun to open, got you properly sticky and covered with ruby-colored juice, and glistened with sweet, deep red seeds that looked like jewels. To this day, it’s still one of my favorite fruits. (For all the […]

I often wonder if the famous idiom about children being seen and not heard also applied to vegetables in the early 20th century. While Country House owners, like Downton Abbey’s Crawley fami…

Curtis's botanical magazine.. London ;New York [etc.] :Academic Press [etc.]. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/450597

With just two ingredients, this fun bubble painting activity will have your children spellbound! Who doesn't love to blow bubbles!

Curtis's botanical magazine v.54 [new ser.:v.1] (1827) London ;New York [etc.] :Academic Press [etc.] biodiversitylibrary.org/item/14338

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...and some pink ones.

Essas belíssimas ilustrações são da artista Olga Jonaitis.

Flore médicale des Antilles, ou, Traité des plantes usuelles :. Paris :Pichard,1821-1829.. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2957786