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![Icon with a light bulb, star, and shapes above a pencil.](/sites/default/files/styles/search_thumbnail/public/2021-06/noun_creative_2713097.png.webp?itok=ToUd_4vR)
Make your Own Leaf Skeleton
Leaf skeleton art was a popular activity for Anglo-American women in the 19th century. Try making your own!
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Activity: Leaf Etching
Create leaf etchings!
![Olive penjing against a white wall.](/sites/default/files/styles/search_thumbnail/public/2021-10/007%20Penjing-Jamie%20Pham.jpg.webp?itok=JQlUgTYD)
Penjing
“The goal is to create the sense of a tree as though you took it out of nature” —Che Zhao Sheng
![Color illustration of a plant with narrow palmate green leaves. Some of the leaves have holes in the center or rips near at the margin. The plant has a moth resting on a leaf and a moth flying near the stem. The plant has a larva resting on a stem and a cocoon attached to a stem. A large black yellow and red larva rests on a leaf. A cocoon rests on the stem and on a swollen root. A moth flies near the plant. A snake coils around the plant.](/sites/default/files/styles/search_thumbnail/public/2022-06/RB145365_opp_p5.jpg.webp?itok=F39vskgP)
Metamorphosis of the Insects of Suriname
Merian discovered and shared new scientific information about insects, changing the way Europeans thought about entomology and ecology
![Color illustration of a plant with large green leaves and small flowers. Above the plant is a close up of a brown cylinder.](/sites/default/files/styles/search_thumbnail/public/2022-06/p15150coll3_7933_full.jpg.webp?itok=6K1HNZ8E)
A Curious Herbal
In creating and publishing her scientific illustrations, Blackwell made important contributions to the medical field.
![Succulent plant with reddish green leaves. The leaves have yellow spine-like growths on the edges and on the back.](/sites/default/files/styles/search_thumbnail/public/2021-07/IMG_0779.jpg.webp?itok=8JispYwV)
Aloe mitriformis
Look closely at this aloe. What do you notice? How do you think this plant has adapted to survive in its environment?