This field book contains Joseph Nelson Rose’s (1862-1928) notes of cacti from the American West, the Carolinas and Florida, Cuba, Haiti and Brazil spanning the years 1909-1916. The notes reflect his research and his curatorial roles at the United States National Herbarium. Divided into sections, the field book identifies plants within the US National Herbarium’s collections by scientific name, location and names of individuals associated with the specimens. The third section includes specimens collected by Rose and two colleagues.
Help us transcribe the notes of a man who participated in extensive explorations in the American tropics and the Andes Mountains of South America, writing papers on systematic botany, Apiaceae and several groups of succulents.
This field book contains Joseph Nelson Rose’s (1862-1928) notes of cacti from the American West, the Carolinas and Florida, Cuba, Haiti and Brazil spanning the years 1909-1916. The notes reflect his research and his curatorial roles at the United States National Herbarium. Divided into sections, the field book identifies plants within the US National Herbarium’s collections by scientific name, location and names of individuals associated with the specimens. The third section includes specimens collected by Rose and two colleagues.
Help us transcribe the notes of a man who participated in extensive explorations in the American tropics and the Andes Mountains of South America, writing papers on systematic botany, Apiaceae and several groups of succulents.
Joseph Nelson Rose (1862-1928), botanist, was born on a farm near Liberty, Indiana, on January 11, 1862. In 1881, he entered Wabash College, graduating with an A.B. in 1885. Rose stayed on at Wabash College as its first post-graduate student. In 1888 he came to Washington, D.C., as assistant botanist in the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). When the National Herbarium reorganized in 1896 and was transferred to the Smithsonian Institution, he became assistant curator, and later associate curator. Rose’s primary area of study was the cactus family.
