Spencer, Michael A.

Julian Nally was born in 1903; his father was Edward Julian Nally who became the president of RCA. Julian graduated from Princeton University and in 1932, he purchased the former Nehrling property known as Palm Cottage Gardens. There, he and his wife Margaret continued Nehrling's work growing bromeliads. He hybridized a bromeliad which he named Aechmea Maginali after his wife. Nally was a charter member of the Bromeliad Society, Inc. and served on the Board of Directors from 1951 through 1970. Julian Nally died in 1977.

From the guide to the Michael A. Spencer, Collection on, Julian Nally, 1908-1977, (Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, )

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