This is a series of articles written by Lesley Parness, former Superintendent of Horticultural Education at the Frelinghuysen Arboretum. They include links to further information on the internet.
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Winter, 2007 – Plant Explorers
“Good God. When I consider the melancholy fate of so many botany votaries, I am tempted to ask whether men are in their right mind who so desperately risk life and everything else through their love of collecting plants.”
Carl Linnaeus“Glory of the Scientist”1739
From the depths of our armchairs let us consider the plant explorer. Driven ...
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