A six-hour class in "Botany Basics" will be offered on Thursday at the Coos County Extension Service office in Myrtle Point. This class is a module of the Coos County Master Gardener training program ...

THIS is in no sense a cram-book. To take the trouble of learning it by heart, page for page, would not suffice for any botanical examination with which we are acquainted. This is a great advantage in ...

Botany Basics and the Art of Drawing Three-week program with natural science illustrator Peg Steunenberg. Call to register. 1-4 p.m. Thurs. $75. The Gardens at Heather Farm, 1540 Marchbanks Rd., ...

Economic botany, like botany, had its origin with the herbalists. Its development was encouraged by various European rulers during the Age of Exploration and Discovery in the 16th century. Recent ...

THE series of volumes known as “English Botany” was begun in 1790 by James Sowerby, the botanic artist, who engaged Dr. James Edward Smith, the possessor of the Linnean collections and founder of the ...