THE FRINGED GENTIAN™

A PUBLICATION OF FRIENDS OF THE WILDFLOWER GARDEN, INC.

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About the newsletter

The Fringed Gentian™ is published three times per year - April, July and October. Each issue of 8 pages, contains articles of interest about the flora and fauna of the Garden and other pertinent topics. There are reports from the Garden Curator, the Friends president, and updates on Friends' activities.
When a new issue is available an email notification is sent with a link to the document which is available in a browser version or PDF copy of the print edition. The print edition is available by post to annual supporters who request it.

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Current Issue of The Fringed Gentian™

Fall 2025. Vol. 73 No. 3

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Feature articles

Quaking Bog boardwalk replacement begins, a new Garden dweller in the wetland, review of Phyllis Root's Chasing Wildflowers, Marie Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) illustrator and entomologist. Friends news and notes, President's greeting, Garden Curator's notes on activities in the Garden, donor support, memorials and other notes.

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Summer 2025. Vol. 73 No. 2

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Feature articles

Barn swallows and mud pies, fascinating slime molds in the Garden, the confusing White-throated sparrow, Friends news and notes, President's greeting, Garden Curator's notes on activities in the Garden, donor support, memorials and other notes.

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Spring 2025. Vol. 73 No. 1

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Feature articles

The fight against white- nose syndrom in bats, review of Birding to Change the World: A memoir, interview with new board member Joelle Hoeft, Eloise Butler - present when opportunity knocked, Friends news and notes, President's greeting, Garden Curator's notes on rare plants in the Garden, donor support, memorials and other notes.

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Fall 2024. Vol. 72 No. 3

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Feature articles

Heather Holm's notes on wasps, articles on bees in trouble, the cowbird and fireflies in the Wildflower Garden. President's greeting, Garden Curator's notes, donor support, memorials and other notes.

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Summer 2024. Vol. 72 No. 2

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Feature articles

Three articles on the Quaking Bog - the neighbor of the Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden. A vibrant spring season at the Garden. President's greeting. Tidbits - Eloise and the Quaking Bog, donor support, memorials and other notes.

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Spring 2024. Vol. 72 No. 1

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Feature articles

The Garden owls are thriving. Juliette got us thinking about names. How to eaily identify bird calls. The Garden's spring 2024 season. President's greeting. Tidbits - Eloise needs a fence, donor support, memorials and other notes.

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