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

…Ray, did such significant work that he has been considered “the greatest European botanist of the 17th century.” In the 18th century, Stephen Hales performed his brilliant, revealing experiments in…

Herbert Spencer Jackson

…modest and retiring gentleman, Professor Jackson was a man of ready understanding and of broad sympathy, with whom friendship developed slowly but was an exceedingly rewarding experience. He will be…

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

…In 1970 Leonard and John T. Mickel traveled to Oaxaca, Mexico and collected many pteridophytes. Leonard’s specimens are distributed widely across herbaria in North America. Steven Worth Leonard grew up…