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Miss Betty Roper’s Herbarium
1853, Rocky Mount, Alabama
Lower Montgomery County
Betty Roper
1853
Alabama
The following is a list of plants as they appear in Miss Betty Roper's Pressed Flower Herbarium notebook -
Dated - Spring 1853. She was 14 years old when this was done, and was a part of her Botany school lessons. She
would collect, press, and mount each specimen, generally one per page. She would then key out the specimen and
write down it’s Order, Genus and Species, and it’s common name out beside the specimen. She would then include
a statement as to what human sentiment it represented, or other such item. They would be kept in the parlor and
shown to visitors, much like magazines would.
This collection is at the State Archives and History at Montgomery. Compiled and submitted by George R.
Stritikus.
Latin Name Common Name
Trillium cuneatum adder's tongue
Gelsemium sempervirens carolina jasmine
Thalictrum thalictroides rue anemone
Narcissus orientalis chinese sacred lily
? Antennaria plantaginifolia pussy's toes
Vaccinium corymbosum
Ranunculus
whortle-berry grass
Viola rotundifolia yellow violet
Acer rubrum red maple
Brassica species mustard
? Amelanchier canadensis shadbush
Cornus florida white dogwood
Ranunculus arbortivus buttercup
Rhododendron canescens native azalea
Malus coronaria crabapple
Aesculus pavia
Rosa semperflorens
red buckeye
Podophyllum peltatum mayapple
? Helianthemum canadense rock rose
Trillium species white trillium
? Viola blanda white violet
Uvularia perfoliata bell wort
Sanguinaria canadensis blood root
Symphytum officinale comfrey
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