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Spring has Sprung
Studying flora in paradise is easy. Try doing it in Brooklyn.
Email: Ivan Oransky - ioransky@the-scientist.com The Scientist 2005, 19(8):52
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On a recent visit to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, the witch hazel was just beginning to bloom, the magnolia trees were budding, but in the herbarium staging area, it was still spring training. Empty counters topped with dissecting microscopes sat waiting for the onslaught of plant specimens that April through October would bring. For the time being, there were just the piles of dried plants from past years, separated, of course, by metropolitan New York City newspapers – what easier way is there to date specimens? – and Gerry Moore, a botanist with allergies.
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