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Lysurus pentactinus, currently Clathrus archeri  by Biodiversity Heritage Library Via Flickr: The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror in the Years 1839-1843. London :Reeve Brothers,1844-1860.. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28467691

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Giant Dutchman's Pipe (Aristolochia clypeata). #MuseumWeek #WomenMW #SciArt by Matlida Smith for Joseph Dalton Hooker, Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Vol. 123 (1897). Smith was the first official artist of the Royal Botanic Gardens at @kewgardens, appointed in 1898, and she produced over 2,300 botanical illustrations for the magazine from 1879-1923. Thanks to the Peter H. Raven Library at the @mobotgarden for contributing this work for digitization. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #MatildaSmith #JDHooker2017 #BHLCurtis #WomeninBHLib #floriculture #flowers #Botany #BotanicalArt #WomenInNaturalHistory #FemaleArtists #FemaleIllustrators #WomenInScience #WomeninNatHist #BHLib #Biodiversity #NaturalHistory #ScientificIllustration #ScientificArt #OpenAccess #LibrariesofInstagram #Libraries #SciArtFix

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Rhododendron dalhousiae. #SciArt by #JosephDaltonHooker for his work, The Rhododendrons of Sikkim-Himalaya (1849-51). Beginning in November 1847, #JDHooker embarked on a 3-year long expedition to the Himalayas where he collected plants and explored the botany of the region, all of which was the basis for this book. Contributed for digitization by the Peter H. Raven Library at Missouri Botanical Garden (@mobotgarden) to #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11630671 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #JDHooker2017 #KewGardens #RoyalBotanicGardensKew #RoyalBotanicKew #Botany #BotanicalArt #BHLib #Biodiversity #NaturalHistory #Biology #ScientificIllustration #ScientificArt #OpenAccess #LibrariesofInstagram #Libraries #SciArtFix

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#JDHooker2017: Joseph Dalton Hooker climbed Seetakoond Hill as part of his Himalayan expedition, and he noted in his journal that part of the climb included 560 steps carved into the rock to reach the Brahim Temple at the top. This hill is now known as Chandranath Hill, and Chandranath Temple is a holy place of pilgrimage for Hindus. This temple is near Sitakunda in Bangladesh. #SciArt by #JDHooker for his Himalayan Journals, or, Notes of a naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains, &c., Vol. 2 (1854). Contributed for digitization by the California Academy of Sciences (@calacademy) to #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39797693 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #JosephDaltonHooker #KewGardens #Himalayas #HimalayanMountains #Sikkim #Nepal #Hinduism #Hindu #BHLib #Biodiversity #NaturalHistory #NatHist #ScientificIllustration #ScientificArt #OpenAccess #Libraries #Archives #SpecialCollections

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Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817-1911) was one of the most important botanists and explorers of the 19th century, and #JDHooker was one of Charles Darwin's closest friends. He was the Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew from 1865 to 1885, and the Editor of Curtis's Botanical Magazine from 1865 to1904. This week, we will be sharing illustrations from many publications that were spearheaded by J.D. Hooker. Join us, along with @kewgardens in celebrating #JDHooker2017, the bicentenary of J.D. Hooker's birth. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #JosephDaltonHooker #KewGardens #RoyalBotanicGardensKew #RoyalBotanicKew #Botany #BotanicalArt #BHLib #Biodiversity #NaturalHistory #Biology #ScientificIllustration #ScientificArt #OpenAccess #LibrariesofInstagram #Libraries

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Tussock Grass

Tussock Grass (Chionochloa antarctica) for #JDHooker2017 and our last post for this month's challenge, #boringbutbeautiful hosted by @transportationlibrary, @nul_prescons, and @utsaspeccoll on Instagram. Grasses are often overlooked, but they are an important and beautiful part of ecosystems. SciArt by Walter Hood Fitch for Joseph Dalton Hooker, The Botany of the Antarctic Voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror in the Years 1839-1843 (1844-1860). Contributed for digitization by MBLWHOI Library. 

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BHL Book Feature: Himalayan Plants

In our prior post, we were looking at the friendship between Joseph Dalton Hooker and James Fergusson Cathcart (1802-1859), who was the inspiration for Illustrations of Himalayan Plants (1855), which is our featured book this week for #JDHooker2017. 

J.D. Hooker had great regard for Cathcart, who was not a scientist but was the equivalent of the modern day “citizen scientist,” a person who engages in science-related activities for the sheer joy of it. In his Preface, J.D. Hooker expressed his strong opinions about the value of amateur contributions:

Science is not yet self-supporting; it requires the countenance of amateurs no less than the severe studies of proficients to ensure its progress. Works like the present must appeal to the lovers of art and horticulture, the latter of whom are mainly indebted to the labours of Botanists for the objects that afford them their greatest and most rational delights. Innumerable are the opportunities enjoyed by the cultivators of Horticulture and Botany of mutually aiding one another: indeed, neither pursuit can exist alone, and still less can they be advanced independently.

So great was the respect that the botanical community had for the work of Cathcart that botanical species were named in his honor! Our top illustration is a Magnolia Tree (Magnolia cathcartii) and the one below is an Orchid (Esmeralda cathcartii).

For this week’s BHL Book Feature, we are exploring the beautiful illustrations by Walter Hood Fitch for Joseph Dalton Hooker’s Illustrations of Himalayan Plants (1855), which was contributed for digitization by the Peter H. Raven Library of the Missouri Botanical Garden (@mobotgarden). You can view all the illustrations in our Flickr album, and learn more about the #JDHooker2017 campaign on our blog! More of J.D. Hooker’s works can be found in our digital book collection. 

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Type Tuesday!

Title Page to Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker's Illustrations of Himalayan Plants (1855) with botanical illustrations, including this page, done by Walter Hood Fitch. We are exploring the beautiful botanical art in this book for #JDHooker2017. This book was contributed for digitization by the Peter H. Raven Library at Missouri Botanical Garden (@mobotgarden).