Goodwin LeBaron Foster

…in Calcutta, India in 1891 to Charles (b. 1850) and Elizabeth Y. Andros (b. 1851) Foster. According to the 1900 Federal Census, Goodwin’s father, Charles, was a dealer in teak…

Thomas Fanning Wood

…also keeping a new drugstore that had been established by Louis B. Erambert. Wood enjoyed working in the store, where he could read and learn about drugs. When the American…

The Paper Garden

…“Crepe paper has less of a vein,” she said. “ I’m trying to make these botanically correct … some leaves have very hard to see veins…So I buy a Japanese…

Joseph Austin Holmes

…in Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.     Sources on Joseph A. Holmes Not Cited in the Text Archival Collections. Cornell University Archives, Carl A. Kroch Library, Division of Rare…

Up Now: Sculpture in the Garden

…hours (suggested donation $5), and all ages are welcome. Most sculptures are available for purchase, and a portion of proceeds benefits the North Carolina Botanical Garden. Learn more at ncbg.unc.edu/sculpture….

Walter Charles Blasdale

…Blasdale, W. C. 1900. A chemical study of the indumenta found on the fronds of Gymnogramme triangularis. Ph.D. Thesis, College of Natural Sciences. University of California. Page 23.    …