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Botanical specimens -- Collection and preservation

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Elizabeth W. Barnett herbarium

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS941f
Scope and Contents

This collection contains a bound herbarium embossed with "Flora Alpina" on the cover. The herbarium is inscribed "Mary L. Wilson from Marion Hill, 1889." Hill was a family relation of Barnett. Also a part of the herbarium is correspondence and two labeled envelopes with seeds from the Rocky Mountains. The specimens pressed within the herbarium are identified with botanical names and typically grow in alpine climates.

Dates: 1871-1894

Emmie Castellow herbarium

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS944f
Scope and Contents

This collection contains a herbarium inscribed "Emmie Castellow, S.F.C. May 18, 1896," presumedly created by Castellow for her work at Southern Female College (later Cox College). The herbarium includes specimens of Southeastern native wildflowers, trees, and shrubs in a notebook labeled "Drawing Book." Pressed specimens are identified with botanical names including family, genus, and species classification and some include common names.

Dates: 1896