I'm back. Summer has gone, and Autumn too. Last Monday I visited the herbarium again. Leander chose a specimen for me to draw. It is a Leontice Leontopetalum. After such a long time I found it difficult to concentrate on drawing. There were three more volunteers in the herbarium doing the vital job of entering details of specimens on to the herbarium database. Ages ago I mentioned the book by Dr Sam George "Botany, sexuality and Women's writing" (2007) It describes the impact of Linnaeus' new classification of botanical specimens on women's writing of 1790s and beyond. From the book I found out about the phenomenon of FLORICULTURE
I think my project is moving on from drawing to a more extensive revival of this 18th century
tradition
Floriculture consists of
botanical drawing
flower gardening
flower pressing
flower moulding
flower embroidery
crafting paper flowers (flower collage)
Because Queen Charlotte was an avid botanist Floriculture was very fashionable in late 18th century
I also want to revive the tradition of the "botanical dialogue".
Leander Wolstenholme Curator of the herbarium suggested I contact a member of the Botanical Society of the Brirish Isles If you are a member of the society and would like to enter into a dialogue with a faux-botanist i.e. ME please respond to this blog or email me at gaedeacon@yahoo.co.uk
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