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Josiah Hoopes, Botanist
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Carte-de-visite portrait of Josiah Hoopes (b. 1832, death date unknown), American botanist. In 1853, he established a tree nursery in West Chester, which is now the one of the largest in the country. He was a founder and seven-year president of the Horticultural Association of Pennsylvania. His treatise "Book of Evergreens," is considered to be the standard for the subject. Seen here wearing a bow tie, sitting in three-quarter profile. Handwritten inscription at the bottom reads, "Josiah Hoopes."
1864
Garrett, C. Alfred
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