If you don't know this great blog you might want to subscribe...it is awesomely interesting and eclectic. While plants won't show up every time there were so many fine books devoted to them over the centuries they are not uncommon as a feature. Besides, the other books are equally wonderful. I love any of the natural history ones, plus most of the others :-)
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This week their feature is:
Swiss Fruit
This 1860s pomological manuscript documents
the varieties of pears (birensorte) and
apples (apfelsorte) unique to Switzerland
If you like it, you'll spend weeks checking out the archives :-)
Enjoy!
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