Marshall Avery Howe (1867-1936) was an American

botanist Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek wo ...

, taxonomist,

morphologist Morphology is a branch of biology dealing with the study of the form and structure of organisms and their specific structural features. This includes aspects of the outward appearance (shape, structure, colour, pattern, size), i.e. external mor ...

, curator and the third director of the New York Botanical Garden.Makers of American Botany,

Harry Baker Humphrey Harry Baker Humphrey (1873–1955) was an American botanist.Makers of American Botany, Harry Baker Humphrey, Ronald Press Company, Library of Congress Card Number 61-18435 He was a pathologist with the USDA, specializing on research on breeding resi ...

, Ronald Press Company, Library of Congress Card Number 61-18435 He specialized in the study of liverworts (

Hepaticae The Marchantiophyta () are a division of non-vascular land plants commonly referred to as hepatics or liverworts. Like mosses and hornworts, they have a gametophyte-dominant life cycle, in which cells of the plant carry only a single set of g ...

) and

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, and was also an expert on the cultivation of

dahlias Dahlia (, ) is a genus of bushy, tuberous, herbaceous perennial plants native to Mexico and Central America. A member of the Asteraceae (former name: Compositae) family of dicotyledonous plants, its garden relatives thus include the sunflowe ...

and other ornamental plants. He was an instructor in cryptogamic botany at the University of California at Berkeley and was appointed curator of the New York Botanical Garden in 1906, and assistant director in 1923, and director in 1935 after the death of

Elmer Drew Merrill Elmer Drew Merrill (October 15, 1876 – February 25, 1956) was an American botanist and taxonomist. He spent more than twenty years in the Philippines where he became a recognized authority on the flora of the Asia-Pacific region. Through t ...

. In collecting for the gardens, he made numerous expeditions collecting

and liverworts. He was an active member of the "Garden Club" in New York. He served as secretary then president of the Board of Trustees of the

Pleasantville Free Library Pleasantville may refer to: Places Canada * Pleasantville, a defunct community located inside the modern boundaries of Newmarket, Ontario * Pleasantville, Newfoundland and Labrador * Pleasantville (electoral district) - former electoral district in ...

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American botanists 1867 births 1936 deaths {{US-botanist-stub