Herbarium and Plant Description - 788961202526c18d0ca66a427488b736 (page 31)

“Herbarium and Plant Description” was designed by Dr. W. H. D. Meier to teach students how to gather, preserve, and describe plant specimens. It contained dozens of folded sheets with a description form printed on the interior left side and space for a mounted specimen on the right. Ties on the top, bottom, and fore-edges hold the folio closed when not in use. Meier, a native of Bluffs, Illinois, graduated from Illinois State Normal University in...