Horne, Frances Worth, 1873-1967.

Frances Worth Horne (1873-1967) was a botanical illustrator of the flowering plants of Puerto Rico. She was born in Watkins Glen, N.Y. After obtaining a B.A. from Ohio State University, she studied languages at Cornell University, receiving an M.A. . She taught classical languages at Westminster College in Colorado. She married Charles E. Horne in 1915. In 1918 they relocated to Puerto Rico. She remained there until Mr. Horne's death in 1963. In 1922, Mrs. Horne wrote to Nathaniel Lord Britton offering her services as a botanical illustrator for The botany of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands which he was writing with Percy Wilson. While this did not come about, Britton encouraged her to contribute to the journal, Addisonia. After Britton's retirement, Horne collaborated with him on his Flora Borinquena which was never completed. With some 900 watercolors of native and naturalized plant species, her botanical artwork gained an international reputation. In 1959, the NYBG mounted a retrospective exhibit of her illustrations of Puerto Rican flora. She also painted the bird life of the Caribbean and contributed to Common Trees of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands (1967) by Elbert Little, Frank Wadsworth, and José Marrero. She died at the age of 94 in Albany, N.Y.

From the description of Frances Worth Horne papers 1924-1966. (New York Botanical Garden). WorldCat record id: 42369654

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