Dear Friends of the Herbarium,

…needed a suite of sophisti- cated yet easy to use wildflower guides, like those available in the northeastern and western states. As Herbarium Curator Carol Ann McCormick says: we need…

Twilight Thursdays Begin August 17

…chairs available in the designated Picnic Area and by the Plant Sale patio, as well as benches and chairs throughout the Garden. You are also welcome to bring a blanket…

Further Afield: Skunk Alert at Lake Townsend

…Anne Melyn. 2011. Down Along the Haw: The History of a North Carolina River. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co., Inc. “Lake Townsend” City of Greensboro. https://www.greensboro-nc.gov/departments/parks-recreation/the-lakes/lake-townsend accessed 27 February 2022….

Benjamin Franklin Bush

…Bush on their 50th wedding anniversary. Photo courtesy of Cathy Martin; Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53510949/benjamin-franklin-bush : accessed 06 December 2021), memorial page for Benjamin Franklin “Bf” Bush…

Frances Ernestine Silliman

…Bridgewater College from 1944 -1946 and again from 1947-1953. (4) Bridgewater College ca. 1960 Photograph courtesy of Bridgewater College Special Collections Silliman earned a Masters degree in 1955 and a…

Donald Culross Peattie

…and uselessness — of local floras. Castanea 11(2): 63-65.   Sources: Peter Friederici (2000) Donald Culross Peattie: Remembering an Early Prophet in Chicago Wilderness. Chicago Wilderness Magazine, Fall 2000. https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.chicagowilderness.org/resource/collection/0625B160-07C5-482A-8BDF-D86381B9FC77/2000-Fall.pdf…

Arthur Oliver Tucker, III

…O., Michael J. Maciarello and Ben H. Alkire (2001) Essential oil of Aeollanthus suaveolens Mart ex Spring. (Lamiaceae). Journal of Essential Oil Research 13 (3): 198-199. Sources: https://www.pippinfuneralhome.com/notices/Arthur-TuckerIII?fbclid=IwAR0-Z9JEqnWCg31iYCTTPHooLmaKIDtJpdU4I7vJ0zzNbN9C3usJ0L7x5ss accessed on…

Clifford R. Parks

…USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/606154048/?article=41c34f0d-53e9-433a-a53c-2eceda363e25/4f61241f-d62c-43a5-b1ea-3e18d24fd8a3&focus=0.27969596,0.84042877,0.5112509,0.96954286&xid=3398. Ancestry.com. U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2020. 9. Obituary of Kai Mei Parks, 2015. https://walkersfuneralservice.com/tribute/details/1039/Kai-Parks/obituary.html accessed 18 January 2021….

Douglas Dwight Sharp

…al. 1976. Agricultural and forest primary productivity in North Carolina, 1972-1973. Raleigh: North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station. SOURCES: Obituary. Douglas Dwight Sharp. Dignity Memorial. https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/east-lansing-mi/douglas-sharp-7389073 accessed on 26 July 2022….

Henrietta “Henny” Laing Chambers

…Henrietta L. 2001. Ken Chambers, Oregon Botanist. Kalmiopsis 8: 2-9. https://www.npsoregon.org/kalmiopsis/kalmiopsis_v08.pdf PUBLICATIONS: Chambers, Kenton L. and Henrietta L. Chambers. 2008. Infrageneric classification and nomenclatural notes for Pycnanthemum (Lamiaceae). Journal of…