Katherine Augusta Taylor

…Ms. Taylor moved there permanently in 1912. 3 “She managed her property as a working farm, going into town to purchase supplies in jeans when other women of her wealthy…

Lewis Henry Lighthipe

…14 April 1903 he presented a paper on “The flora of the pine barrens of New Jersey,” of which the abstract (in Torreya) occupies two printed pages. Many specimens, from…

Eugène Poilane

…in 1909. He worked at the naval arsenal for some years, until he chanced to meet naturalist Auguste Chevalier, who after the First World War appointed Poilane as a prospector…

Leva Belle Walker

…Seminary. While a student at Bangor Theological Seminary, the American Board accepted him for missionary service. Elkanah met and became engaged to Mary Richardson, a woman who was recently rejected…

Charles Edward Raynal

…67](1). A botanist by avocation, Charles E. Raynal acquired a substantial botanical library including many first edition copies of works by Carolina Botanists. He botanized widely in the Carolinas (frequently…

Frederick William Gray

work with plants a hobby but the results derived from this hobby gave him a definite place among the productive botanists. His was a contagious spirit which inspired others to…

Herbert Spencer Jackson

…found conspicuously few rusts species, the study of which could be counted on to elucidate further the problems in rusty phylogeny and relationships in which he was interested. Consequently, he…

Joseph Austin Holmes

…Academy, both in his home village. He worked on the farm, gaining an interest in plants and agriculture. In addition to hikes in the woods, out-door games, and horses, Holmes…

Annual Membership Meeting 2023

Annual NCBGF Membership Meeting Friday, November 17, 2023 1 – 2 p.m. Virtual, Zoom Join online: https://unc.zoom.us/s/92157457373 Join by phone: 1-305-224-1968 Enter Meeting ID: 921 5745 7373 Membership Meeting (Virtual…

Steven Worth Leonard

…hardwoods. The species apparently tolerates prescribed burning which is typical management in the longleaf pine woods of south Mississippi. One interesting theory proposed by Steve Leonard was that the new…