The Lackluster Major William Rich
Major William Rich was selected to be the botanist on the U. S.…
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Major William Rich was selected to be the botanist on the U. S.…
Cabinet of CuriositiesExpeditions
Herbarium specimens have been collected at poignant points in history. Major William Rich was…
The Bahamas suffered its worst natural disaster recently as Hurricane Dorian, a…
Bassett Maguire (1904–1991), a botanist who spent the majority of his career…
Working in a Herbarium sometimes requires detective work. This Myanmar mystery started…
The love of botany is responsible for both fostering and hindering this…
Specimen StoriesWhat's in a name?
With its tall, columnar shape and upward-bending branches, the cactus we know…
Black Botany: The Nature of Black Experience seeks to acknowledge the complex…
NYBG's Rock Garden in the spring is full of treasures that have been documented…
Catherine Furbish was born in 1834 in Exeter, New Hampshire. From an…
In February 1906, Nathaniel and Elizabeth Britton, founders of The New York…
The New York City neighborhood of Harlem is a center for Black…
Joel Elias Spingarn (May 17, 1875 - July 26, 1939) was a…
Cosmopolitan has a long-standing journalistic reputation for getting straight to the heart…