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The first ten years of selby gardens

dc.creatorLuer, Carlyle A
dc.date2014-04-30
dc.date.accessioned2016-05-02T22:15:30Z
dc.date.available2016-05-02T22:15:30Z
dc.descriptionIn her will, Marie Selby left her home and grounds to be used as a “botanical garden” at the discretion of the directors of Palmer Bank. The property was zoned for high-rises, but opposition to a botanical garden was overcome. Cal Dodson, Professor of Botany at the University of Miami, was a chosen as a director. The Gardens soon acquired more grounds and staff. A volunteer program was begun, and volunteers contributed vastly to our rapid growth. Our many accomplishments include the quarterly Bulletin, first appearing in spring 1974, and the scientific journal, Selbyana, first published in January 1975. The growth of the Gardens would inevitably accelerate with the great infrastructure put in place during our first ten yearsen-US
dc.descriptionIn her will, Marie Selby left her home and grounds to be used as a “botanical garden” at the discretion of the directors of Palmer Bank. The property was zoned for high-rises, but opposition to a botanical garden was overcome. Cal Dodson, Professor of Botany at the University of Miami, was a chosen as a director. The Gardens soon acquired more grounds and staff. A volunteer program was begun, and volunteers contributed vastly to our rapid growth. Our many accomplishments include the quarterly Bulletin, first appearing in spring 1974, and the scientific journal, Selbyana, first published in January 1975. The growth of the Gardens would inevitably accelerate with the great infrastructure put in place during our first ten yearses
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dc.identifierhttp://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/lankesteriana/article/view/14413
dc.identifier10.15517/lank.v13i3.14413
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10669/21126
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherUniversidad de Costa Ricaes
dc.relationLankesteriana;
dc.rightsCopyright (c) 2014 Lankesterianaes
dc.sourceLankesteriana; Lankesteriana: Volumen 13, Número 3es
dc.source2215-2067
dc.source1409-3871
dc.subjectwilliam selbyen
dc.subjectmarie selbyen
dc.subjectsarasotaen
dc.subjectbotanical gardenen
dc.subjectcalaway h dodsonen
dc.titleThe first ten years of selby gardensen
dc.titleThe first ten years of selby gardenses
dc.typeartículo original

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