American Horticulturists - Mulford B. Foster, Eliza Tibbets, Luther Burbank, Tony Avent, Harold Hume, Joseph Hamilton Lambert, Axel Erlandson (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 30. Chapters: Mulford B. Foster, Eliza Tibbets, Luther Burbank, Tony Avent, Harold Hume, Joseph Hamilton Lambert, Axel Erlandson, Ulysses Prentiss Hedrick, John Krubsack, Ed Rosenthal, Ruth Stout, William Brackenridge, Leon C. Snyder, Daniel J. Hinkley, Neil Sperry, Thomas Volney Munson, Morris Arkin, Chuck Thomsen, Florence Bellows Baker, Michael Dirr, Frank Curto, Henry Nehrling, Valencia orange, Donald Wyman, Victor Reiter. Excerpt: Mulford Bateman Foster (December 25, 1888-August 28, 1978) was a man known by many as the "Father of the Bromeliad" as he was instrumental in the discovery and introduction of many new species of Bromeliad to the United States. He also devoted his life to hybridizing and contributed widely to the knowledge of the plant species. He was a man of many talents including naturalist, explorer, writer, photographer, artist, horticulturist and a well-respected landscape architect in Florida. Numerous bromeliad plants found today are named after various Foster family members and the genus Fosterella is named in honor of his work. He was born in Elmer, New Jersey to Samuel Preston Foster, Editor of the Elmer Times and Fannie Bateman a housewife with a green thumb and artistic leanings. He grew up exploring the woods around his New Jersey home under the guidance of his mother. With her inspiration, Mulford grew up making his own small gardens with the wild plants that he had gathered. He eventually started collecting snakes, lizards and other reptiles whenever he could. He attended school and graduated in 1905 as salutatorian from Elmer High School spending his free time out of doors. Mulford's father encouraged him to become educated in business, being concerned that his love of nature would not be profitable. To satisfy this urging, he attended and graduated from a Philadelphia business school. He worked fo...