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Hurried Journey: Botany by Rail
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Taiwan Dispatches
Plant Exploration
Roaming through Ranges: The Evolution of Tree Species Distribution Maps in the United States
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Lacebark Pine Dazzles in Winter
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E. H. Wilson’s search for Davidia involucrata
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The Arboretum’s Long History of Plant Collecting
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A Legacy of Discovery
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Art of Botanical Documentation
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Hickory Fever: Doing Taxonomy by Mail
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Recalling Plums from the Wild
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Ernest Jesse Palmer and Charles Sprague Sargent: A Serendipitous Relationship
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The Wardian Case: How a Simple Box Moved the Plant Kingdom
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