Herbaria

[Donna I. Ford-Werntz]

To me, a botanical garden and herbarium would be mutually beneficial.  I
believe that a serious garden would want to document its plants (and their
different stages) by means of pressed collections.  An herbarium with a
good sampling of relevant species (such as horticultural taxa) would assist
identification of specimens in the living collections and faciliatate
comparisons.  On the other hand, I think it's great to have a nearby garden
or arboretum to visit to complement the herbarium with 3 dimensional and
life history aspects of plants.

Donna I. Ford-Werntz     West Virginia Univ.
Herbarium Curator (WVA)  Box 6057
Asst. Prof. Biol.        Morgantown, WV 26506
425 Brooks Hall          (304)293-5201 X2549
email: diford at wvu.edu    fax: (304)293-6363
Web site at http://www.as.wvu.edu/biology/