Our beloved Botany Pond has been part of the UChicago landscape and student experience for 121 years. First opened to the public in 1903, it was the result of professor John Merle Coulter’s vision of ...

Economic botany, like botany, had its origin with the herbalists. Its development was encouraged by various European rulers during the Age of Exploration and Discovery in the 16th century. Recent ...

1. The New World -- Native American agriculture -- New World explorations -- Puritan gardens -- New World herbalism -- Purveyors and plantsmen -- 2. Grains -- The ...

The Department of Botany was established in 1947 as part of a reorganization in the United States National Museum (USNM). At that time, the Division of Plants, USNM became the new Department of Botany ...

IN Nature of May 7, p. 732, Dr. Jules Brunel inquires about the "L. G." who was responsible for the "Précis de l'Histoire de la Botanique", the last of the seventeen volumes of "Le Règne Végétal", by ...

Camellia japonica thrives in Hawaii and can be propagated from cuttings. Select an option below to continue reading this premium story. Already a Honolulu Star-Advertiser subscriber? Log in now to ...