Abram Paschal Garber

…that it is impossible to read the inscriptions. The immediate family have all either died or removed to other parts the country, and, hence, his grave is thus neglected. It…

Garden Shop Now Online!

…Garden, supporting our programs, operations, and staff. Visit shop.ncbg.unc.edu to explore our current offerings! We’re still in the early stages of our online shop, adding new merchandise every day: check…

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…

Luther Stanford Beard

…Beard (1914- 1944 ; died in France) and Houston Wendell Beard (1917- 1943; died in Italy). Other siblings included Bradwell McCrackan Beard (1915-1990), Edith Pamela Beard (1917- 1960), Edna Ruth…

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…

Richard Halsted Ward

…as a critical element in many important criminal trials, he has made it prominent and important in many legal, medical, sanitary and economical cases pertaining to water supply, adulteration of…

Rene Pomerleau

…in Montreal.1 In 1940, Laval’s School of Surveying and Forest Engineering adopted a new curriculum, and Rene Pomerleau (b. 1904) was appointed professor of forest pathology. Pomerleau had been teaching…

Adams Jewett, M.D.

…and Elizabeth Adams (1772-1816). 16 Adams Jewett was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa in 1826 and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1827. As part of commencement ceremonies, Jewett gave a…