Gardner, M. E. (Monroe Evans), 1895-1975.

Alumnus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and World War I veteran. Gardner was the head of the Horticulture Department (1931-1956); organizer of the North Carolina Association of Nurserymen (1936), North Carolina Commercial Flower Growers (1947), and the North Carolina Apple Growers' Association (1954); initiator of the movement that resulted in the first direct appropriation for agricultural research ever made by the General Assembly; writer of garden columns. North Carolina State University dedicated the M.E. Gardner Arboretum in his honor in 1973.

From the description of Monroe Evans Gardner papers, 1910-1975. (North Carolina State University). WorldCat record id: 489127667

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