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Tropical Orchids Found By Botanist In Alaska. Tropical Orchids Found By Botanist in Alaska WISEMAN, Alaska, Sept. 1 (/P)--Far from the tropics, where they nourish, four varieties of orchids are growing near this arctic circle village. Edith Scammon, Harvard University botanist, discovered the dainty...
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ftwashstatelib:oai:content.libraries.wsu.edu:clipping/92172 2023-05-15T15:01:39+02:00 Northwest History. Alaska, United States. Christian Science Monitor 1937-09-01 Tropical Orchids Found By Botanist In Alaska. 1937-09-01 http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/92172 English eng nwh-sh-10-8-196 http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/92172 http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0 Copyright not evaluated. Contact original newspaper publisher for copyright information. Northwest History Alaska box 10 tropical orchids Alaska botanist Wiseman Edith Scammon Harvard University Lady's Slippers Lady's Tresses Gray Herbarium specimens Northwest Pacific -- History -- 20th century Text Clippings 1937 ftwashstatelib 2021-07-26T19:18:56Z Tropical Orchids Found By Botanist In Alaska. Tropical Orchids Found By Botanist in Alaska WISEMAN, Alaska, Sept. 1 (/P)--Far from the tropics, where they nourish, four varieties of orchids are growing near this arctic circle village. Edith Scammon, Harvard University botanist, discovered the dainty, beautiful parasite plants on trees. Two varieties are popularly known as "Lady's Slippers" and "Lady's Tresses," and the other two are fringed orchids, she said. In 11 days Miss Scammon said she found 100 "distinctly different" flowering plants and 30 varieties of rushes and grasses. She preserved the specimens and will classify them at the Gray Herbarium at Harvard. Text Arctic Alaska Washington State University: WSU Libraries Digital Collections Arctic Edith ENVELOPE(-57.617,-57.617,-63.583,-63.583) Pacific |
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Tropical Orchids Found By Botanist In Alaska. Tropical Orchids Found By Botanist in Alaska WISEMAN, Alaska, Sept. 1 (/P)--Far from the tropics, where they nourish, four varieties of orchids are growing near this arctic circle village. Edith Scammon, Harvard University botanist, discovered the dainty, beautiful parasite plants on trees. Two varieties are popularly known as "Lady's Slippers" and "Lady's Tresses," and the other two are fringed orchids, she said. In 11 days Miss Scammon said she found 100 "distinctly different" flowering plants and 30 varieties of rushes and grasses. She preserved the specimens and will classify them at the Gray Herbarium at Harvard. |
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