Mordecai Elisha Hyams

…botanist of Mr. L. Pinkus, dealer in medicinal roots and herbs. He was quite a remarkable man – a man of greater gifts than many of his acquaintances were aware….

Guy Richard Bisby

…“MAC, Winnipeg, Man.” as a location on his specimen labels. According to Cynthia Dietz, GIS Environmental Studies Librarian at the University of Manitoba, “MAC” refers to the Manitoba Agricultural College….

William C. Brumbach

…malacology. The Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum (Lee County, Florida, USA) curates many specimens collected by Brumbach. “The scientific collection at the Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum houses many thousands of records…

Frederick William Anderson

…by a man of one idea. From earliest childhood he manifested a liking for scientific pursuits. For the love of botany he surrendered in later years all thought of ease,…

Rachel Milner Fell Treakle

…the help of an African American man by the name of Milton Barton. Barton and his family lived in Alton, IL where Milton worked as a nurseryman. According to Barton…

John Robert Raper

…had suffered a massive heart attack before my birth and I never knew him as a robust man. The hard work on the farm and largely the direction of its…

Josiah Hale

…Louisiana, moved to New Orleans, and took up the study of Louisiana flora. Riddell contributed a manuscript work — Plants of Louisiana to the Smithsonian Institution in 1851. The manuscript…

Elizabeth Kathleen Goldie-Smith

…following year in Rye. Kathleen did a lot of work at the nature reserve in Rye and published an illustrated booklet Life in Castle Water. Latterly, she became more interested…

Louis Hermann Pammel

…1910. Rocky Mountain rambles. The Plant World 13(7): 155-163. —–. 1910. Rocky Mountain rambles (continued). The Plant World 13(8): 181-190. —–. 1911. A Manual of Poisonous Plants, chiefly of Eastern…