Augustin Gattinger

…to describe Tennessee coneflower and provided location information for its occurrence.” (2) Plants named in Gattinger’s honor include Aster gattingeri Alexander, Solidago gattingeri Chapm. ex A. Gray, Dormanna gattingeri Kuntze,…

Mary Steed Stipe Eyles

…former students, often into the wee hours. “I may have taught more in my living room than in my classroom,” she said. Many of her students credit her as a…

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…

Stuck at Home, not Stuck Inside

…(Experiences Promoting Learning Outdoors for Research and Education) is an incentive-based citizen science program for children in grades K-8. Developed by The North Carolina Arboretum, this innovative pilot program combines…

Leva Belle Walker

…the Spokane Indian language, “Etshiit thlu Sitskai thlu Siais thlu Sitskaisitlinish”, which was printed in 1842 on the Lapwai Mission press (Washington State University MASC holds a facsimile copy). In…

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…

Chesley Calhoun Bellamy

…its character, Mr. Bellamy being equally at home in all branches of the vocation… His fraternal connections include membership in the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons and in the Improved…