Bruce Alexander Sorrie

…(MMNS), Delaware State University (DOV), Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT), Delta State University (DSC), George Mason University (GMUF), Missouri Botanical Garden (MO), New York Botanical Garden (NY), University of…

Walter Charles Blasdale

…Germany with Jacobus Henricus Van’t Hoff, who received the first Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1901. Blasdale and Van’t Hoff published several papers on salt solutions, and Blasdale’s continued research

Up Now: Sculpture in the Garden

…It’s free to visit during normal Garden hours (donations welcome), and all ages are welcome. Most sculptures are available for purchase, and a portion of proceeds benefits the North Carolina…

Preserves and Natural Areas

…nuthatches, ovenbirds, and scarlet tanagers, and other deep forest birds. Stream quality is likewise demonstrated by the healthy amphibian community, made up of dusky salamanders, two-lined salamanders, and green frogs….

Katherine Augusta Taylor

…Ms. Taylor moved there permanently in 1912. 3 “She managed her property as a working farm, going into town to purchase supplies in jeans when other women of her wealthy…

Sarah “Sadie” Frances Price

…Tribune Star, Section D, page 5. https://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/vcpl/id/10423/rec/85 14. Taxonomic Literature: A selective guide to botanical publications and collections with dates, commentaries and types (Stafleu et al.). “Wood, Alphonso” pages 433-437….

George Washington Carver

…from the boll weevil. His research also focused on food and industrial uses not only for the peanut, but also for the sweet potato, cotton, clay, corn, soybeans, and pecans….

Library

…checked out. Search NCBG Library in the UNC Library Catalog The Sarah Fore Gaines Library opened in 2010 in the James & Delight Allen Education Center. Sarah, then married to…

Visitation

…folders horizontal when removing them from the cases. Keep herbarium sheets right side up; do not turn them over like pages in a book. Material such as pollen, leaves, and…