Library Upcoming Exhibitions
Forthcoming exhibitions featuring materials from the Library’s Special Collections, Archives, and Rare Book Room.
Xylarium
A xylarium, xylotheque, and xylothek are all words to describe a collection of wood (the Greek word for “wood” is xylon). In trees, the secondary xylem, the tissue that transports water from the roots to the stems and leaves, and secondary phloem, the food transporter tissue, create tissue patterns unique to each species. Looking back in time, humans have had an intimate relationship with wood […]