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Copper printing plates, uses of, other

In 1680 and 1699 two volumes of Robert Morison's folio herbal ‘Plantarum historiae universalis Oxoniensis' appeared, with engraved illustrations. All but one of the 292 copper plates from the two volumes survive in the Sherardian Library of Plant Taxonomy, Oxford, having been discovered acting as the counterweight in a lift in the Radcliffe Science Library.

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Betony, (Betonica officinalis), forms lovely clumps of colour in unkempt grassland. A plant where the scientific name has changed recently, likely as part of a taxonomists job creation scheme. DNA profiling has led to much to-ing and fro-ing of plants in the highly regimented naming structure, which is intended to reflect the evolution of life on earth. Or something. It’s playing havoc with my wildlife photo indexing system. #PlantADay #Botany #Nature #Plant #Wildflower #BloomScrolling