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…Tar Heel (DTH). Newspaper is an essential item for plant collectors, as each specimen is placed in a fold of newspaper in the plant press. Fortuitously, the DTH is the…

Charles Wright

…Connecticut. While as an undergraduate at Yale (1831-1835) he developed an interest in botany. He taught school for a year in Natchez, Mississippi, then in 1837 moved to Texas where…

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…

Carroll Emory Wood, Jr.

…in the Salem, Virginia school system.”2 Carroll Emory Wood, Jr. earned Bachelor of Science degree from Roanoke College in Salem, Virginia in 1941.1 “During college Carroll had a strong interest…

Dr. John Loomis Blodgett

…interesting objects in the natural history of Africa”. It is possible that she might have interested Blodgett in natural history. When Blodgett returned to the United States late in 1838,…

Botanical Art Fundamentals Program

…topics as follows: Certificate in Botanical Art & Illustration Certificate in Native Plants and Advanced Certificate in Native Plants ↑ Return to top Title illustration: Trout Lilies by Miriam Sagasti….

Elam T. Bartholomew

…Illinois. Bartholomew was interested in natural sciences and in 1873 began teaching school in a nearby district. In 1874 he moved to Kansas, homesteading on 160 acres in Boy Creek…