Sundews
Sundews. Drosera is the largest genus of carniverous plants, with almost 200…
Addisonia
Addisonia: Colored Illustrations and Popular Descriptions of Plants was a journal published by…
El Yunque
Set foot in El Yunque, the beautiful tropical rain forest in eastern Puerto…
Otto Kuntze
Carl Ernst Otto Kuntze was a german botanist who made expeditions to every…
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Cabinet of CuriositiesSpecimen Stories
The beloved children's book The Very Hungry Caterpillar is turning 50! See many of…
Philodendron
Specimen StoriesFocus on Science
Greek: Philo- (love) dendron (tree) There are close to 500 species of…
Fancy Foliage
Where did that sweet little potted plant sitting on your window sill…
Floating Flowers
If you're staying cool this summer in your favorite swimming hole, here are…
The Azalea Garden
Always a destination for Mother's Day, the Azalea Garden is a spring…
Daffodils are blooming!
It's springtime and the daffodils are blooming outside! In the herbarium, these…
Mary Emily Eaton
Mary Emily Eaton was an accomplished natural history illustrator employed at the…
Ghost Forests of the Mid-Atlantic
One of the most visually apparent impacts of climate change are the emerging…
The Brittons: Partners in Life and Botany
The establishment of The New York Botanical Garden was the result of…
Jeanne Baret
CollectorsWomen in ScienceExpeditions
Jeanne Baret was the first woman ever to circumnavigate the globe, but…
Three Thousand Miles up the Amazon
At the age of 61, Ynés Mexía embarked on the adventure of…
Sticky Rice
Focus on ScienceWhat's in a name?
A couple of years ago I was asked by Michael Purugganan (Dean…