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Travel the world and explore the past at Kew
by: Stephanie Rolt, Library, Art and Archives blog19 Jan 2012
Discover the wealth of documents held at Kew’s Archives which can help us to create a picture of the lifestyles of travellers and explorers in the 19th and 20th centuries.
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Antarctic heroes
by: Christina Harrison, Kew magazine blog17 Jan 2012
Today marks the 100th anniversary of the day Captain Robert Falcon Scott and his team reached the South Pole. But did you know that in the Joseph Hooker exhibition at Kew Gardens, you can see a letter from Scott to Sir Joseph Hooker?
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12 new flavonoids discovered in Kew tree
12 Jan 2012
In the 2011 International Year of Forests, scientists report the discovery of 12 compounds new to science in a tree growing at Kew Gardens.
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The winter flowering Cyclamen coum
by: Richard Wilford, Alpine and Rock Garden team blog09 Jan 2012
It is said that you can have a cyclamen in flower every month of the year and January belongs to the diminutive Cyclamen coum.
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Understanding colour for photographers
by: Philip Smith, International Garden Photographer blog09 Jan 2012
Philip Smith shows you how your garden and plant photography can benefit from a richer understanding of colour.
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Free events in Kew's Archives this January
by: Kiri Ross Jones, Library, Art and Archives blog06 Jan 2012
Join Kew's archivists to hear botanists’ and plant hunters’ stories about their travels and cultural encounters and go behind-the-scenes in the Archives.
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Trees influence epiphyte and invertebrate communities
04 Jan 2012
Scientists have found that genetically similar tropical trees host similar species assemblages of epiphytes and invertebrates.
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Introducing the GIS Unit
by: Justin Moat, GIS team blog03 Jan 2012
Find out more about the GIS Unit at Kew from Justin Moat.
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Fascinating collection of Ray Cowell's illustrations comes to Kew
by: Lynn Parker, Library, Art and Archives blog20 Dec 2011
Read about a new acquisition of illustrations by artist Ray Cowell, who painted fungi in astonishing detail - even including the teeth marks of hungry rodents!
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Linear sequences for seed plants
20 Dec 2011
Scientists have been working out the best way to arrange plant specimens in herbaria and other collections so that their order best reflects evolutionary relationships.
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