Botanicus Blog

Lately, many Botanicus users have been experiencing difficulty in downloading individual images from the site. This has been happening particularly when users have attempted to download the high quality versions of the images.
We wanted to inform you the users that the problem has now been fixed, and you should not have any further trouble in saving images from Botanicus. However, if you do still come across this problem while using the site, please let us know....

"What is a JP2 file? And what do I do with it after I download it from your site?"
These two questions arise frequently with users of Botanicus, so we thought we would make a blog entry to address the topic.
JP2 is the file extension for the JPEG2000 image file format. Think of it as the next generation of the more commonly known JPEG file format. It was introduced in the year 2000 (hence the name), and in principal, it's very similar to JPEG in that they...

Today we passed an important milestone in the life of Botanicus. Overnight we published our one millionth page!
It has been a pretty amazing journey getting to one million pages. Botanicus started years ago with a vision and humble beginnings. Scanning for Botanicus started with one single black and white Indus 5001 scanner and somewhat of a makeshift database...

Published in 1799, Dr. Robert John Thorton’s masterpiece The Temple of Flora remains an awe inspiring work of botanical and artistic literature even in this modern day and age. After inheriting great wealth from his family and inspired by the work...