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John Davidson in Scotland

John Davidson

Published by Daniel Mosquin on April 7, 2005

This is a digitized scan of a hand-painted lantern slide, one of 1600 slides held by UBC Botanical Garden. All of the slides were once in the possession of the man in the photograph, “Botany John” Davidson.

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Close-up of Acer pictum subsp. okamotoanum flowers

Acer pictum subsp. okamotoanum

Published by Daniel Mosquin on April 6, 2005

Maple flowers. The buds measure just under five centimeters. One of the reasons I love macro photography is it forces me to examine plants for the beauty or subtleties that are often very easy to overlook.

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Melliodendron xylocarpum blooming in UBC Botanical Garden in the spring.

Melliodendron xylocarpum

Published by Daniel Mosquin on April 5, 2005

Welcome to the first entry in UBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research’s Botany Photo of the Day!

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