Random Walk through the Herbarium

…Chapel Hill. Alas, when Union Bridge was replaced ca. 1995 the river bank was heavily disturbed.1 Dr. Radford visited Varnals Creek (sometimes called “Vernal Creek” on labels) several times. On…

Ferdinand Blanchard

…Blanchard’s specimens include Dudley Herbarium at the California Academy of Sciences (DS), University of Minnesota (MIN), Missouri Botanic Garden (MO), New York Botanical Garden (NY), and United States National Herbarium…

Frederick Gustav Meyer

…Meyer, and V. punctata F. G. Meyer, all published in “New species of Valeriana from Colombia, Ecuador and Peru” in 1965 in Brittonia 17(2); 112-120. Patricia Sullivan’s obituary of F….

Adams Jewett, M.D.

…effets de la saigneé dans quelques maladies inflammatoires which proved that bloodletting was not effective in treating fevers.13 ** Kershaw, Sarah (2008) Amid the ghosts of Alabama. The New York

Mary Steed Stipe Eyles

…felt that in the modern world a person needed to know biology to be a good citizen. She knew how to pique her students’ interest. She took them on field…

Francis Joseph LeClair

…collections. Other herbaria curating his specimens include Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT; originally in SMU), Field Museum (F), and New York Botanical Garden (NY). F. J. LeClair, Horticulturist and

Carl John Burk

…Georgia Southern University (GAS), Furman University (FUGR), New England Botanical Club (NEBC), Indiana University (IND), Murray State University (MUR), New York Botanical Garden (NY), Old Dominion University (ODU), The Pennsylvania…