The role of herbarium specimens in research As children, many of us pressed flowers because we wanted to preserve their beauty. But the scientific value of pressed plant specimens also has long been respected. These specimens, such as the 6.5 million at the New York Botanical Garden, 14,000 preserved by 18th-century Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus,…
Author: kirsten
Feb. 7-13, 2011
This week we’ve begun planting of prairie seeds in the greenhouse for the coming season. The plants from these seeds will be planted in the new medicinal gardens at the KU School of Pharmacy and at the demonstration garden and research areas of our Medicinal Research Garden.