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…

Richard Halsted Ward

…York Times pg. 2. SPECIAL THANKS to Jenifer Monger, MSIS, DAS, Asst. Institute Archivist, Institute Archives & Special Collections, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY who found reference 2.    …

Louis Hermann Pammel

…Ecology 10(2): 251-256. Pammel, Louis H. and Charlotte M. King (1930?) Honey Plants of Iowa. Iowa Geological Survey [incomplete citation]   Sources: http://www.public.iastate.edu/~isu150/history/pammel.htmlaccessed on 19 July 2017. 2. http://www.waysofenlichenment.net/lichens/Bacidia%20coprodes accessed…

Garden Shop

…our own nursery. More information on our daily and bi-annual plant sales here. View current availability in our Daily Plant Sale Click here for growing instructions and germination codes for

Arthur Stanley Pease

…in Classical Philology 60: 11-21). Fernald named Draba peasei found near Cape Rosier on the Gaspe Peninsula, in his friend’s honor: Draba Peasei, with which it is a great pleasure…

Arthur Stanley Pease

…peasei found near Cape Rosier on the Gaspe Peninsula, in his friend’s honor: “Draba Peasei, with which it is a great pleasure to associate the name of its discoverer, ARTHUR…

Happy Birthday, Psilocybe!

for its 100th birthday it will get a name of its own.   For an example of a generic shift, Psilocybe cokeri Murrill, named in 1923 in honor of UNC-CH…

Walking with Walter and William

…in a rosy light in the 1910’s. Cotton is mentioned as the savior of lowland South Carolina, and only passing mention is made of the “five thousand negro slaves [sic]”,…

Carroll Emory Wood, Jr.

…Carroll maintained a strong professional interest in plant biogeography. Utilizing morphological data, his investigations of floristic connections between the southern Appalachians and western North America and of the floristic similarities…