Lilla Irvin Leach papers 1930-1963 1892-1971 1930-1963

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Lilla Irvin Leach papers 1930-1963 1892-1971 1930-1963

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Lilla Irvin Leach (1886-1980) was a field botanist who specialized in Oregon flora from 1915-1945. She discovered more than a dozen species and two new genera, and . Lilla and her husband John Leach purchased a tract of land in southeast Portland where they developed a botanical garden named Sleepy Hollow. The collection includes correspondence, notes, notebooks, articles, and a few photographs. Kalmiopsis leachiana Bensoniella oregana

2.0 linear feet, 4 containers

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University of Oregon Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives

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University of Oregon Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives

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Leach, Lilla Irvin, 1886-1980

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Lilla Irvin Leach (1886-1980) was a field botanist who specialized in Oregon flora from 1915-1945. She discovered more than a dozen species and two new genera, Kalmiopsis leachiana and Bensoniella oregana. Lilla and her husband John Roy Leach (1882-1972) purchased a tract of land in southeast Portland where they developed a botanical garden named Sleepy Hollow. From the description of Lilla Irvin Leach papers, 1892-1971 1930-1963. (University of Oregon Libraries). WorldCat record id:...

Leach, John Roy, 1882-1972

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