Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation

In this issue of Huntia Ronald H. Petersen takes us back to 1924 and the founding of the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research and the Tropical Plant Research Foundation. Although the organizations had different missions, they shared scientists. In their biographical sketches Petersen traces the evolution from taxonomy and floristics to "The New Botany" of morphology, anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, ecology and genetics as well as the lineage of botanical education from universities through major professors to students who became the next generation of researchers. Through it all the Botanical Gazette has its own academic career, following its editors from university to university. Drop the needle on the Gershwin, grab a beverage and settle in for a good read, but choose your drink with care as it is also the time of Prohibition.

If you're ready to take us on a new journey in the pages of our journal of botanical history, check out the topics and submission guidelines available on the Huntia page and our call for papers about botanical artist John Tyley.