Botany, Plant Collecting

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  • The acquisition of plant specimens for the purposes of research, cultivation, or as a hobby. Plant specimens may be kept alive, but are more commonly dried and pressed to preserve the quality of the specimen.

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    Botany, Plant Collecting

    Botany, Plant Collecting

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    Botany, Plant Collecting

    • UF plant hunting

    • UF plant collecting

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    Botany, Plant Collecting

    29 Archival description results for Botany, Plant Collecting

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    'First lesson in pressing a specimen'
    GB 235 HJH/2/2/5/2 · Part · 28-29 March 1949
    Part of Mr. John Herbert Hicks Collection

    1 black and white photograph mounted on thick black paper. NOTE: rough dates derived from subject descriptions in Hicks' 'Index of negatives' found in his itinerary (GB235 HJH/4/1)

    Photograph of Major George Sherriff demonstrating to locals how to press a plant specimen

    Writing on the back.

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    First lesson in pressing a specimen

     Hicks, John Herbert