Fragments from the Botanical Frontier:

NEVADA
Camp Stoves
At Big Creek Camp in Nye County, Percy Train uses Forest Service camp stoves to dry herbarium specimens in plant presses, 1939. Hunt Institute collections. Click image to enlarge.

Stacks of plant presses
Train and Be-ah-ning-gee (in Shoshone, "Big Ears") with plant presses, Big Creek, Lander County, 1936. Hunt Institute collections. Click image to enlarge.

Plants waiting at Post Office
Dried plants were driven to the nearest post office and shipped hundreds at a time to the Bureau of Plant Industry for processing. Undated. Hunt Institute collections. Click image to enlarge.

PANEL 7
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