Arthur Oliver Tucker, III

…was an accomplished artist, as evidenced by his gardening, cooking, concrete sculptures, painting, botanical illustrations, and stencil work. He was a voracious reader and had amassed a library full of…

Further Afield: Strolling Around Purgatory

…had encountered (and were puzzled by!) Horse-sugar had been at Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve in February 2023. Distribution of Horse-sugar (Symplocos tinctoria) in North Carolina. Courtesy of North Carolina Biodiversity…

Charles Fuller Baker

…of tuberculosis had neither money nor friends to care for him. Baker took the money he had put aside for the trip and sent the lad to the mountains. For…

Helen Shedd Sherwin

…and Leafspot on Soybeans in Maryland. Phytopathology 42(6): 342. SOURCES: 1. “Helen S. Yu, Garden Club President” Obituary, The Washington Post, 24 November 1990. Accessed on 23 June 2016. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1990/11/24/author-roald-dahl-dies/0a2b6f8b-c4f0-4b42-8fd1-8493bcbd94f1/…