Tag Archives: zoophyte

The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary

I have long been attracted by the above-named beast, which I came across for the first time in my previous existence, when skim-reading John Bell’s two-volume work of 1763, Travels from St Petersburg in Russia, to Diverse Parts of Asia. … Continue reading

Posted in Botany, Exploration, History, Natural history | Tagged , , , , , , | 6 Comments