It's not easy being green
People might pass over these green specimens 'cause they're not standing out…
The Azalea Garden
Always a destination for Mother's Day, the Azalea Garden is a spring…
The Lilac Collection
The lilacs are blooming here at the Garden, gracing us with their…
Daffodils are blooming!
It's springtime and the daffodils are blooming outside! In the herbarium, these…
Most Vibrant
Cabinet of CuriositiesWorks of Art
If we were to give yearbook superlatives to herbarium specimens, these would…
A Horse, of Course
Collecting plants and algae was sometimes an artistic hobby, with dried or…
The Cactaceae
The Cactaceae was a publication written by the founder of NYBG, Nathaniel Lord Britton…
Addisonia
Addisonia: Colored Illustrations and Popular Descriptions of Plants was a journal published by…
Frances W. Horne
Frances Horne was an academic, an artist and a botanist. She earned her…
Mushroom Paintings
When mycologists collect mushrooms or other fungal fruiting bodies, it's important to…
Jean Baptiste François Bulliard
Jean Baptiste François Bulliard was French physician and botanist, especially interested in fungi.…
W. A. Murrill
William Murrill became an assistant curator at NYBG in 1904, and was…
Ellen's Illustrations
We know Ellen Hutchins produced hundreds of detailed watercolors of marine algae. Some…
Mary Emily Eaton
Mary Emily Eaton was an accomplished natural history illustrator employed at the…