Dr. Hill showed a display of historic specimens placed
out for viewing
by visitors in a staff work area, and explained the history of herbarium
collections, which were begun during the Renaissance of learning in
Italy. Some of the display specimens dated from the time that Linnaeus
was alive, and at least one was collected by Charles Darwin when he
was first considering his new ideas on his theory of Evolution, when he
was the naturalist on the British research vessel "The Beagle".
The
Missouri Botanical Garden's home page
The
Missouri Botanical Garden’s Herbarium
Paleontology
and Geology of Missouri
Home Page
St.
Louis Pennsylvanian Fossils of the Altamont Formation
Mississippian Fossils of
Missouri
Other Fossils (USA and World
Wide)