Alpheus Wesley Blizzard

…then are species there today. What are noticeably different are additions to the flora. Among species seen today, but not listed in 193 1, are Pokeweed, Garlic Mustard. Mugwort, Japanese…

Joseph Austin Holmes

…Austin Holmes, p. 100. in Prominent People of North Carolina, Brief Biographies of Leading People for Ready Reference Purposes. Evening News Publishing Company, Asheville, NC. 128 pp. Anonymous. 1915. J….

James Everard Benedict, Jr.

…throughout the southeastern United States. The earliest specimen that we have found to date is Rudbeckia umbrosa collected in 1923 from Montgomery County, Maryland, while the latest we have found…

Louis Hermann Pammel

…1901. Rare plants and their disappearance. The Plant World 4(8): 151-152. —–. 1902. Our vanishing wildflowers. The Plant World 5(9): 173-175. —–. 1902. Review of “Garden beans cultivated as esculents”…

John Nathaniel Couch

…of Microscopical Science 74: 383-437. [Abstract]. The biological relationship between Septobasidium and scale insects. pp. 369-370. In F. T. Brooks and T. F. Chipp (editors), Report of proceedings, Fifth International

Gerald McCarthy

…of the United States National Museum (Smithsonian Institution), later presenting to that organization more than 4,000 plant specimens collected by him (U.S. National Museum, 1890, pp. 69, 72, 192, 764)….

Edward Willis Graves

…4. Ancestry.com World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2005. Original data: United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Serive…

March Madness: Botanical Sports Mascots

…dealbata) is a species of tree fern endemic to New Zealand. While the New Zealand national men’s rugby, soccer, basketball, men’s cricket, field hockey, sailing, and football teams all sport…

William McCally Pollock

World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. The National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; World War II Draft Cards…

Eugène Poilane

…herbaria curating Poilane’s specimens include Harvard University Herbaria (A), Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin-Dahlem (B), National Botanic Garden of Belgium (BR), Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada (DAO), Royal Botanic Garden…