<img width="640" height="852" src="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/351366_bdf0d4bb697f3022_b-700x932.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="Image features a large scale model of the Ricinus communis (also called the castor bean, or castor oil) plant with red stigma rising from a green spiny capsule and long green leaves on a thick green stem, mounted on a black turned-wood base. Please scroll down to read the blog post about this object." style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" srcset="https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/351366_bdf0d4bb697f3022_b-700x932.jpg 700w, https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/351366_bdf0d4bb697f3022_b-225x300.jpg 225w, https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/351366_bdf0d4bb697f3022_b-170x226.jpg 170w, https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/351366_bdf0d4bb697f3022_b.jpg 769w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" data-attachment-id="36917" data-permalink="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/2019/12/13/botanical-lessons/351366_bdf0d4bb697f3022_b/" data-orig-file="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/351366_bdf0d4bb697f3022_b.jpg" data-orig-size="769,1024" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="351366_bdf0d4bb697f3022_b" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/351366_bdf0d4bb697f3022_b-225x300.jpg" data-large-file="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/351366_bdf0d4bb697f3022_b-700x932.jpg" />This Object of the Day post celebrates the opening of Nature by Design: Botanical Expressions, on view from December 7, 2019-January 10, 2021. In the rapidly changing world of the nineteenth century, the expansion of industrialization was accompanied by an increased interest in science. Alongside major discoveries such as Darwin’s theory of evolution, Mendeleev’s periodic table,...
