Henry Ashby Rankin

…son, Samuel Carson, joined his father in running the lumber business. Daughter Douglass “Peggy” Evans Rankin earned a B.A. in biology from Agnes Scott College in Decatur, GA in 1927,…

Madeline Palmer Burbanck

…92 in Newport News, Virginia on 1 January 2007. She was survived by her children, Melinda and George.   PUBLICATIONS (incomplete list): Burbanck, Madeline P. and Donald L. Phillips. 1983….

Mordecai Elisha Hyams

…through blockade runners.”1 Hyams was discharged from the Confederate Army on 20 April 1862 in Yorktown, Virginia. Hyams not only never returned to Florida, but also changed careers to botany….

Jumping the Gap with Northern Wireweed

…the gap between states. Ruth’s golden-aster (Pityopsis ruthii in the Aster Family) has been documented from southeastern Tennessee, but never found in neighboring North Carolina. Dwarf greenbriar (Smilax pumila in…

Haru (Francia) Chisaki Hommersand

and News: Plagiobothrys austinae (Greene) Johnston: A new addition to the Oregon Flora. Madrono 16(3): 108. SOURCES: Macroalgal Herbarium Portal. 2022. https://macroalgae.org/portal/index.php. Accessed on December 21. Obituary: Haru (Francia) Chisaki…

Carroll Emory Wood, Jr.

…thousand”. After a hiatus serving in the United States Army 695th Armored Field Artillery Battalion in Europe during World War II, he returned to Harvard to earn his Master of…

Peggy-Ann Wetmore Kessler Duke

…happy hour!). She was an accomplished world traveler. At home, she enjoyed a glass of white wine with her “cousin” Suzie Truss and other close friends, often in the upper…

William Battle Cobb

…for the U.S. Soil Survey from 1913 to 1920, and as a geologist & soil expert for the American Rural Planning Association in Madison, Wisconsin in 1920. W. B. Cobb…

Carl John Burk

…Outer Banks of North Carolina. Image courtesy of The Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society. “In 1961 Dr. Burk joined the faculty of Smith College [Northampton, Massachusetts, USA], starting an…