Harold Ernest Parks

…Parks were divorced in 1924. During these years in California Parks took a number of courses in language and business training from the International Correspondence School of Scranton, Pennsylvania. Also…

Guy Richard Bisby

…mycology in the evening but early to bed… Dr. Bisby was of a retiring disposition, he was rarely seen at meetings and never, I believe, attended an international congress. He…

Francis Stuart Chapman

…The 1930 US census has Stuart Chapman still living in Winston-Salem, but now his occupation is listed as “Proprietor, News Dealer; Industry: Newspaper Stand.” (9) Chapman collected only sporadically in…

Anne Elizabeth Bowden McCrary

rutilus (Coquillett). M.A. Thesis, Zoology Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. SOURCES: 1. Steelman, Ben. November 8, 2011. Wilmington naturalist McCrary leaves local legacy. StarNews Online. https://www.starnewsonline.com/news/20111108/wilmington-naturalist-mccrary-leaves-local-legacy accessed…

What is Therapeutic Horticulture?

…be applied to almost all situations, indoors or outdoors. Brief history of the therapeutic horticulture/horticultural therapy field In 1817, Benjamin Rush, a physician, politician, and social reformer who is considered…

Display Gardens

…year round. Carnivorous Plant Collection The southeastern US is home to the world’s most diverse collection of insect-eating plants. Inside these raised beds, you will find insectivorous plants like sundews,…

Dr. John Loomis Blodgett

…gift of specimens from The Natural History Museum (BM) in London, United Kingdom in 2009; most of the specimens in that gift were collected by Ferdinand Rugel. Other herbaria in…

Frederick William Anderson

…(Miami University), NY (New York Botanical Garden), OSC (Oregon State University), PUR (Purdue University), CHRB (Rutgers University), SYRF (State University of New York), BPI (United States National Fungi Collections), ARIZ…