Henrietta “Henny” Laing Chambers

…moved to Corvallis. Needless to say, a cross- country automobile trip with an infant and pulling a U-Haul trailer had both good and bad moments. The next-to-last day of the…

North Carolina Wildflower Week

…other wildlife, protect the soil and save money on fertilizer and pesticides. Unfortunately, many of our wildflowers are in danger from invasive plants taking over their growing spaces and from…

Land Rich, Cash Poor

…96 acres of Mason Farm in 1965, made the Garden even richer in land but did little to alleviate its cash flow woes. To remedy the fiscal crisis, Hunt led…

Clyde Ritchie Bell

credit. Best known of his books are, of course, the above-mentioned Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas published in 1968, as well as Wild Flowers of North Carolina…

Spring Native Plant Sale

Payment Methods You must pay for your plants at each vendor this year. There will NOT be a consolidated check-out area. Please be sure to purchase your plants BEFORE walking…

Miriam Kresses Slifkin

…History (CM), Indiana University (IND), Florida Museum of Natural History (FLAS), University of South Carolina, Columbia (USCH), and University of South Florida (USF). The following is Dr. Slifkin’s obituary which…

Random Walk through the Herbarium

…imagination there are two substantial creeks — one flowing in from the east and joining the Haw north of Union Bridge, the other flowing in from the west and joining…

Charles Ferson Durant

…Jade Bruno to McCormick email 4 November 2020. 14. Obituary 2, no title. Chicago Daily Tribune (1872-1922); Mar 4, 1873; ProQuest Historical Newspapers; Chicago Tribune, page 8.      …