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History & People, Inside our Collections

NYBG’s First Women Gardeners

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During the 1930s, the number of women gardeners at NYBG was sparse. But due to the war, the Garden’s personnel greatly changed by 1943, causing ...

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History & People, Inside our Collections

A Presidential Puzzle

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As the Special Collections Catalog Librarian at the New York Botanical Garden’s LuEsther T. Mertz Library, every so often an item crosses my desk that ...

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History & People, Inside our Collections

Inside our Collections

Inside our Collections

Tiniest Tome

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Adrian Spigelius (1578–1625), also known as Adriaan van den Speigel, was a Flemish anatomist and botanist.

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A Book of Firsts

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Published in London in 1570–71, Nova Stirpium Adversaria (A journal of new plants) is considered a milestone in the development of modern botany.

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Growing Grasses

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A recent discovery in the backlog of the Mertz Library’s botanical artwork collection has proven to be an interesting addition to our holdings of original ...

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Inside our Collections

Inside our Collections

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