The purple martin and the 'Smilax (forte) lenis' Finish:none Spring Gardens'

Spring Gardens'

Sir Jonas Moore (1617-1679) mathematician and patron of astronomy was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1674

Vox populi

suffering the fate of continually turning her head to face the sun

The purple martin and the 'Smilax (forte) lenis' Finish:none Spring Gardens''Hirundo purpurea', the purple martin, and 'Smilax (forte) lenis, folio anguloso hederaceo' (Catesby's identifications; modern scientific names: Progne subis, the purple martin; Cocculus carolinus, the Carolina coralbead). Plate 51 from volume I of The natural history of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands by Mark Catesby (London, 1731). Mark Catesby was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1733. Original: etching. 1731