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Everard Im Thurn and the 'lost world'

by: Katherine Harrington, Library, Art and Archives blog
11 Dec 2012
We take a look at the varied career of Everard Im Thurn through his correspondence with the Directors of Kew, and find out about his exploration of the 'lost world' of Mount Roraima in British Guiana.

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Padoga tree (Styphnolobium japonicum) at Kew

New compounds from Old Lions

20 Jan 2011

During Kew’s 250th anniversary year, researchers at Kew studied the chemistry of two of Kew’s ‘Old Lions’ and discovered nine natural substances new to science.

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UKOTs Programme achieves herbarium specimen digitisation milestone

by: Martin Hamilton, UK Overseas Territories team blog
21 Dec 2010
Martin Hamilton from Kew's UK Overseas Territories team reports on the latest news about the UKOTs Programme specimen digitisation activities.

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Nelumbo nucifera

Revered as a divine symbol for more than 5,000 years, the sacred lotus is a truly iconic plant.

Quercus suber

The thick bark of the cork oak has been harvested for thousands of years, and was used to make Roman sandals.

Olea europaea

Kew's Herbarium contains a wreath of folded olive leaves, which was found in the sarcophagus of King Tutankhamun, and is over 3,300 years old.

Colombian curiosities in the Directors' Correspondence at Kew

by: Virginia Mills, Library, Art and Archives blog
01 Feb 2010
Read about Robert Blake White's travels in Colombia, the ancient artefacts he collected and the ideas he picked up about gardening in synchronisation with the phases of the moon.