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Kew Herbarium catalogue
amancalledgeorge
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I hadn't realised that Kew had digitised a large part of their preserved plant specimen collection. The website is not exactly sophisticated but how fascinating to looking at plants that were collected over a century ago without taking one's bum off the chair.
Have a go: http://apps.kew.org/herbcat/gotoHerbariumGrowthPage.do
Fun browsing though random records like this fern collected in 1853 http://apps.kew.org/herbcat/getImage.do?imageBarcode=K000435396
or a 1960s Kniphofia http://apps.kew.org/herbcat/getImage.do?imageBarcode=K000256220
or this 1967 Salvia http://apps.kew.org/herbcat/getImage.do?imageBarcode=K000486637
Have a go: http://apps.kew.org/herbcat/gotoHerbariumGrowthPage.do
Fun browsing though random records like this fern collected in 1853 http://apps.kew.org/herbcat/getImage.do?imageBarcode=K000435396
or a 1960s Kniphofia http://apps.kew.org/herbcat/getImage.do?imageBarcode=K000256220
or this 1967 Salvia http://apps.kew.org/herbcat/getImage.do?imageBarcode=K000486637
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