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Historic Image Collection
A searchable collection of historic photographs of Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
Maud H. Purdy (1873–1965)
Learn more about the forgotten artist called "the best botany illustrator in America" in 1951 and view a selection of more than 235 paintings, illustrations and sketches digitized through a New York State Council on the Arts grant.
Brooklyn Botanic Garden Florilegium
The Florilegium is a multiyear project to document Brooklyn Botanic Garden's living collections through botanical art and preserve the same plants in our 250,000-specimen herbarium.