Quote by: George Bentham

I first began to dry specimens for preservation carelessly perhaps at first, but before the season was over, I had collected between one and two hundred species.


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Author Bio


  • NameGeorge Bentham
  • DescriptionBritish botanist
  • BornSeptember 22, 1800
  • DiedSeptember 10, 1884
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionBotanist; Pteridologist
  • AwardsFellow Of The Royal Society; Companion Of The Order Of St Michael And St George; Royal Medal