Herbarium, 1958-1975.

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Herbarium, 1958-1975.

This series contains dried herbaria. A majority of the specimens have notations describing plant characteristics. Grasses are the most prevalent herbaria collected here. Other material includes two logo drawings for GBS.

4 boxes; 4.88 linear ft.

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Georgia Botanical Society

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The Georgia Botanical Society was founded in 1926 by Eugene Scofield Heath (d. 1973), who served as the organization's president until 1962. Heath formed the Society with fourteen "hand-picked" members. It remained an invitation-only organization with an Atlanta constituency until the early 1970s. Then during the 1970-71 presidential term of Marie B. Mellinger (1914-2006), the Society opened its membership to all those interested in learning about the state's flora no matter what their level of ...