John Marshall Grant

…Grant’s specimens have been distributed to various herbaria, and to private collectors, throughout the world. He corresponded with and exchanged specimens with botanists in nearly every part of the earth….

Herbert Spencer Jackson

…was recognized as a world authority on the rust and smut fungi, and to our knowledge of these groups he contributed thirty-one journal articles. In the Toronto area Professor Jackson…

Mary Williams Ward Shanor

…at the University of Illinois in Urbana, Mary did natural history survey research until World War II broke out. Mary went with Lee, who was a field grade officer, to…

Hugo Leander Blomquist

…in Deering, North Dakota. After a year of graduate work at the University of Chicago, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and served as a musician first class during World

Up Now: Sculpture in the Garden

The 35th annual Sculpture in the Garden opens on Sunday, September 17 and runs until Sunday, December 3. Sculpture in the Garden unites the work of local artists with the…

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…

Ferdinand Blanchard

…of his life. Linn Rudolph Blanchard, named in honor of Swedish taxonomist Linnaeus, was born in Peacham, Vermont 17 June, 1881. Linn married Sara Etta Johnston in 1911, and died…

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….

Luther Stanford Beard

…Carolina to Sailor Oswald Beard (1888-1966) and Lillie Frances McCrackan (1890-1970). Two of Stanford’s older brothers served in the United States military and died in World War II: Sailor Oswald…