James Everard Benedict, Jr.

…is 4 miles due north of Newport News, which, however, is in another county. SOURCES: 1. Find A Grave, Memorial 7991625 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7991625/james-everard-benedict accessed on 4 October 2020. 2. The Washington…

Jacob Fredric Brenckle

…Brenckle was recognized throughout the world as one of the leaders in that field, being credited with the discovery of two new flora species in South Dakota. As a widower…

Samuel B. Jones, Jr.

…Rodora 89: 35-40. Jones, S. B. 1983. Director’s report. Newsletter, University of Georgia, The Friends of the Botanical Garden 12(1): 3-6. Jones, S. B. 1982. Director’s report. Newsletter, University of…

Guy Richard Bisby

…of Tennessee, Knoxville (TENN), U.S. National Fungus Collections, USDA-ARS (BPI), University of Michigan (MICH), Cornell University (CUP), Farlow Herbarium of Harvard University (FH), New York Botanical Garden (NY), Oregon State…

John Lewis Sheldon

…as “J. L. Sheldon”. However, his specimens are curated by many institutions including Cornell University (CUP; fungi), Harvard University Herbaria (FH, GH, NEBC; fungi, lichens, bryophytes, vascular plants), New York

Samuel McCutchen Bain

…Gray Herbarium (GH), New York Botanical Garden (NY), University of Tennessee, Knoxville (TENN), and the United States National Herbarium (US). Evelyn and Samuel Bain had six sons: Webster (b. ca….

Herbarium Identifies Ten New Species in July

  By Bao Anh Tran, Communications Intern Hidden amid similar specimens, differing only in its “weirdness,” a new plant discovered by herbarium associate Kevan Schoonover McClelland was finally given a…

Stuck at Home, not Stuck Inside

…year! Did you know chickweed is edible? So are columbine flowers! Youngia japonica (oriental false hawksbeard) is in flower. The good news is this makes it easier to see and…