Many important plant introductions to Queensland, of both an agricultural and ornamental nature, can be traced directly to the Brisbane Botanic Gardens and the work of its early curators.
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Still in his 20s, Fairchild returned to Washington and convinced the Secretary of Agriculture to create the Section of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction, with Fairchild at its helm.
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One of Burtt Davy's great interests was the subject of plant introduction, a matter to which he devoted much attention, importing plants and seeds from all over the world.
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Beginning in the mid-30's, Ben Y . Morrison began breeding evergreen azaleas at the Plant Introduction Center in Glenn Dale, Md . The program created more than 600 hardy hybrids.
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Gillet s last and most enduring plant introduction was in 1885, when he sold a large quantity of filbert ( hazelnut ) stock to orchardists in Oregon s Willamette Valley.
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Today there is germplasm collection in Ethiopia ( ILRI Addis Ababa ), Kenya ( National Genebank, Kikuyu ) and the USA ( Southern Regional Plant Introduction Station, Griffin, Georgia ).
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Acquired by the Forest Service in 1974, it was originally a plant breeding research and plant introduction facility that was started in 1904 on a site under the Agriculture Research Service.
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He traveled the world studying plant species, introduced many types of plants and fruits into the United States and founded the U . S . Department of Agriculture's Plant Introduction Section.
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They are the offspring of 454 hybrids developed by Benjamin Y . Morrison, who started breeding azaleas back in 1929 at the Agriculture Department's plant introduction station in Glenn Dale, Md.
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Upon his return to the United States, Perrine was offered a site in Louisiana for his plant introduction station, but he rejected it, believing that only southern Florida offered the necessary climate conditions.
