CCG Volunteer Spotlight: Simone

…our compost leaders and even continued to volunteer when she was back during breaks from college! When the stay-at-home order began in the spring and Simone had to return home,…

NCBGF Committees

…are in order; monitoring whether or not it is an appropriate time to pursue accreditation through the Land Trust Alliance and assisting the NCBG Conservation Department with that process; and…

2021 Wildflower of the Year

…periods. Beautyberry typically grows 4-6 feet tall and wide, but in favorable conditions it can grow up to 9 feet tall. In order to keep a more compact form, it…

Luther Stanford Beard

…Beard (1914- 1944 ; died in France) and Houston Wendell Beard (1917- 1943; died in Italy). Other siblings included Bradwell McCrackan Beard (1915-1990), Edith Pamela Beard (1917- 1960), Edna Ruth…

Duane Francis Houck

…in the sun to dry. Because the cabinet was almost upside down, the damage was pretty much reserved to the families higher in the alphabetical order. The A’s and B’s…

Dr. John Loomis Blodgett

…Dec. 1st, 1837. Rev. A.B. Lawrence: It is not often that we have an opportunity of sending letters to America, an apology which I offer for sending so few. Nothing…

Miriam Kresses Slifkin

…Miriam K. 1963. Parasitism of Olpidiopsis incrassata on members of the Saprolegniaceae. II. Effect of pH and host nutrition. Mycologia 55(2): 172-182. https://doi.org/10.1080/00275514.1963.12018011 Slifkin, Miriam Kresses. 1964. Studies in the…

Chesley Calhoun Bellamy

Order of Red Men.”4 On 12 August, 1912 Bellamy married Caroline Louise Mallett (1891-1978) of Etowah, Henderson County, North Carolina and together they had two children, Caroline Bellamy Varnau (?…

Edward Avery McIlhenny

…31: 433-438. McIlhenny, E. A. 1940. A record of birds banded at Avery Island, Louisiana during the years 1937, 1938 and 1939. Bird-Banding 11(3): 105-109. McIlhenny, E. A. 1940. Sex…