As you might know, Charles Darwin's grandfather, Erasmus Darwin, did not only foreshadow his grandson's theory of evolution in his book 'Zoönomia' (1796), but was also a good poet—à la Lucretius, I would say. In 'The Botanic Garden' (1791) he even predicted the Big Bang theory
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'Nymph in Full Dress' by Erasmus Darwin | Drosera, commonly known as the sundews
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'Diana's Silver Tree' by Erasmus Darwin | Well-developed Diana's tree grown up over copper rod from silver/mercury amalgam placed in 0.1 M solution of silver nitrate - reaction time 2 hrs
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'Transience of Beauty' by Erasmus Darwin | The Helleborus niger, commonly called Christmas rose or black hellebore, flowers in the depths of winter and come in a range of colours that change as the plant ages, from white to pink to green to dark blue and eventually yellow...
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