Vocabulary
A low-growing evergreen shrub that typically blooms with vibrant pink to purple flowers from mid-summer to early fall
What is Heather?
What is a rabbit?
A Perthshire naturalist who encouraged her interest in the natural sciences, and also attempted to help her make it her profession.
Who is Charles McIntosh?
the place that Beatrix Potter is remembering when she says, “I remember every
stone, every tree, the scent of heather…. Even when the thunder growled in the
distances, and the wind swept up the valley in fitful gusts, oh, it was always beautiful,
home sweet home.”
What is Dalguise House?
The field of biology that Beatrix was growing interested in featuring fungi
What is mycology?
the technique of applying layers of paint or material that do not allow light to pass through, creating a solid and rich appearance.
What is opaque layering?
The drawing Beatrix did at nine years old at Dalguise featured these insects with detailed observations
What are caterpillars?
A family member who encouraged her to send her illustrations to publishers and introduced her to mycologists at the Kew Royal Botanical Gardens.
Who is Henry Roscoe?
A district where Beatrix went during the summers often, from childhood to adulthood
Where is the Lake District?
A reason Potter’s application to join the Key Royal Botanical Gardens was likely turned down despite her talents.
What is her gender?
in a way that produces many works of art, literature, etc
What is Prolifically?
The art style she was commented on having for her study on ”metal and bone archaeological finds from the Bucklersbury excavation”; described as genuine for copying natural details
What is Pre-Raphaelite?
The names of her parents
What is Rupert Potter and Helen Leech?
Where Beatrix found a rare mushroom, and completed her first drafts of The Tale of Peter Rabbit and The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher in 1893?
Where is Dunkeld?
On her return trip to Scotland, what events led Beatrix Potter to have a greater curiosity
for geology and geomorphology?
What is her visit to Harescombe Grange in Gloucestershire with her cousins?
a feeling of being disappointed or annoyed
What is chagrin?
The governess who taught her “ freehand, model, geometry, perspective, and a little
water-colour flower painting.”
Who is Miss Cameron?
A large medieval inspired castle in Windermere
What is Wray Castle?
The sexual spore-bearing cell produced in ascomycete fungi
What is Asci?
Letters to Norah Moore about an American story of squirrels using their tails as sails served as inspiration to this story.
What is The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin?