Hunt Institute specializes in the history of botany and all aspects of plant science and serves the international scientific community through research and documentation. To this end, the Institute acquires and maintains authoritative collections of books, plant images, manuscripts, portraits and data files, and provides publications and other modes of information service. The Institute meets the reference needs of botanists, biologists, historians, conservationists, librarians, bibliographers and the public at large, especially those concerned with any aspect of the North American flora. Learn more
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Franz Carl Mertens letterbook
This collection includes a letterbook consisting of 263 letters from other scientists to Mertens with copies of many of his replies handwritten onto the original letters.
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David Prain papers
This collection consists mainly of letters Prain received from 1922 to 1924 and miscellaneous related item.
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17th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration
17 September–17 December 2024This exhibition includes 43 artworks by 43 artists, representing 19 countries (Australia, Chile, China, Colombia, England, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Singapore, South Korea, Turkey, Ukraine and the United States).
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