Michael A. Spencer Julian Nally Collection on 1908-1977

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Michael A. Spencer Julian Nally Collection on 1908-1977

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Julian Nally grew bromeliads on the property that had once belonged to Henry Nehrling at Gotha, Florida. This collection mostly contains photographs of Nally's plants and family, but it also holds one letter to Nally from the Department of Agriculture.

1 Box; 0.2 linear feet

eng,

Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries,

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SNAC Resource ID: 6327339

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Spencer, Michael A.

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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 th...

Nally, Julian

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