Rebecca Ward Reynolds

…as been closely associated with the College since it was founded in 1837,” Dr. Reynolds said. “Guilford is the oldest co-educational institution in the South, and two of the first…

Peggy-Ann Wetmore Kessler Duke

…identification of seedlings of some prominent woody species in eight forest types in Puerto Rico” (Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 1965), included 182 of Peggy’s technical illustrations and reportedly…

Eloise Wicker Knight

…father, Rassie Everton Wicker, was also very interested in botany and deposited vascular plant specimens in NCU. Louisiana State University Herbarium (LSU) curates specimens collected by Eloise Wicker Knight. Eloise…

Therapeutic Horticulture

…certificate program has been created in partnership with the NC State Cooperative Extension Program. Online Introduction to Therapeutic Horticulture is the first in the series of four classes that make…

New Virginia Gems in the Herbarium

…for the Herbarium. “It’s a small batch of interesting taxa, mostly things out of a personal herbarium I’ve kept over the years. I plan to distribute the rest of it…

Steven Worth Leonard

…While in Mississippi he completed a biological inventory of Camp Shelby Training Site. In 2006 Leonard described a new species of Witch-hazel, Hamamelis ovalis. (The holotype of this species is…

Rene Pomerleau

…parasitic infections, notably that which caused Dutch elm disease, whose presence he diagnosed in Canada in 1944. He was also distinguished by his work on decay in coniferous trees, a…

Charles Ferson Durant

(1805-1873) The pleasure experienced [in the study of algae] is ample remuneration for the patient industry required in its pursuit. The gay iridescent plants seem tempting; the shore scenery is…