Spelunking in The Caves of Chapel Hill

…one with the surname of “Cave” or “Caves” — but that did not rule out that these hypothetical troglodytes lived in rural Orange County or Durham County. Neither of these…

Guy Richard Bisby

…mycology in the evening but early to bed… Dr. Bisby was of a retiring disposition, he was rarely seen at meetings and never, I believe, attended an international congress. He…

Harold Ernest Parks

…Parks were divorced in 1924. During these years in California Parks took a number of courses in language and business training from the International Correspondence School of Scranton, Pennsylvania. Also…

North Carolina Wildflower Week

…Week. Click here to read the proclamation. Wildflowers do much more than add beauty to the landscape. They help conserve water, reduce mowing costs, provide habitat for birds, butterflies and

Delzie Demaree

…plants on the spot in his rugged, beat-up field press…He discarded newspapers printed with comic strips. He reasoned that to use comics for pressing plants was to tempt an hourly…

Botanical Art Fundamentals Program

…the natural world Have an understanding of the botany of the native plants of the southeastern U.S. as a foundation for accurate botanical representation Enroll Today Jump to: ➢ Program…

Anne Elizabeth Bowden McCrary

rutilus (Coquillett). M.A. Thesis, Zoology Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. SOURCES: 1. Steelman, Ben. November 8, 2011. Wilmington naturalist McCrary leaves local legacy. StarNews Online. https://www.starnewsonline.com/news/20111108/wilmington-naturalist-mccrary-leaves-local-legacy accessed…

Random Walk through the Herbarium

…Other than that, my cataloging efforts are usually based on what my husband refers to as my “random walk through the herbarium.” For example, I am reading a novel, Library…