The Multifarious Mr. Banks
June 29, 2021
Dr. Toby Musgrave— Sir Joseph Banks (1743–1820) was only twenty-five years old when in 1768 he convinced both the prestigious Royal Society and the bureaucratic Admiralty that he should join… READ MORE
Tag: plants
Finding Evidence of a Holy Rose
June 7, 2021
Peter E. Kukielski— Rosa sancta, also known as Rosa sancta Richard, Rosa richardii, Freya, Heilige Rose, and the Holy Rose of Abyssinia, is a species cross and is closely associated with the gallica class… READ MORE
Grasses in the Northeast
August 26, 2020
Lauren Brown and Ted Elliman— In the countryside of the Northeastern United States, many of us take great pleasure in the sight of open meadows—shimmering waves of green, lavender, and… READ MORE
Hawthorn Power in Fairy Tales, the Cult of the Virgin, and the Cult of the Undead
July 20, 2015
Bill Vaughn— In “Hawthorn Blossom,” the Brothers Grimm rewriting of the folk story Sleeping Beauty, a queen is informed by a frog that the royal couple finally will have a… READ MORE
Fashion or Function?