Listing by season, of Eloise Butler's plantings in 1916, that were "1st time" plantings according to her Garden Log.

Eloise brought into the Garden a number of plants that are not listed today on the Garden census. Many of these were native to Minnesota and a few were not. Here is a listing of most of those plants introduced this year to the Garden for the first time - the common and botanical names listed first are names she used followed by other common names for the same plant and the newer botanical classifications, if any; then follows her source for the material. 1916 is the first year the following list of plants occur in her log. Most are shown in the photos. The inclusion of "(M.C.)" indicates a plant that was still present at the time of Martha Crone's 1951 Garden Census - except for grasses and sedges which Crone did not catalog. "Native" indicates the plant is considered native to Minnesota or if introduced, long established. "Extant" indicates the plant is present in the Garden today. Botanical classification: Over the years Botanists have reclassified many plants from the classifications in use at the time Eloise Butler wrote her Garden Log or when Martha Crone prepared her census. I have retained the nomenclature that Eloise Butler or Martha Crone used and then provided the more current classification based on the latest published information from Flora of North America (Ref. #W7) and the Checklist of the Vascular Flora of Minnesota. (Ref. #28c)


Spring 1916.

Photos shown below are a mix of early plantings that are not present today and of plants still extant. Click the name link in the list for photos and information of those plants most of which are still extant.

Clinton Fern
Clinton Fern, (Aspidium cristatum var clintonianum. [Dryopteris clintoniana]) Photo ©Emmett J. Judziewicz, Wisconsin Flora.
Maidenhair spleenwort
Maidenhair Spleenwort, (Asplenium trichomanes) Photo ©Christopher Noll, Wisconsin Flora.
Western Rattlesnake Plantain
Western Rattlesnake Plantain (Epipactis decipiens, [Goodyera oblongifolia]) Photo ©R A Kupher, Wisconsin Flora.
Eastern Teaberry
Spicy Wintergreen (Eastern Teaberry), (Gaultheria procumbens) Photo ©Christopher Noll, Wisconsin Flora.
common Juniper
Common Ground Juniper (Juniperus communis) Photo ©Paul Drobot, Wisconsin Flora.
running clubmoss
Running Clubmoss (Lycopodium clavatum) Photo ©G D Bebeau.
Tree Ground Pine
Tree Ground Pine (Lycopodium obscurum var. dendroideum, [Lycopodium dendroideum]) Photo ©Aaron Carlson, Wisconsin Flora
Sweet White Violet
Sweet White Violet (Viola Blanda) Photo ©G D Bebeau

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Summer 1916

See explanatory notes at top of page.

Click the name link in the list for photos of those plants most of which are still extant.

 

Fragrant Fern
Fragrant Fern (Aspidium fragrans [Dryopteris fragrans] Photo ©Emmett J. Judziewicz, Wisconsin Flora.
Prince's Pine
Prince's Pine (Chimaphila umbellata). Photo ©Merle R. Black, Wisconsin Flora.
Spearmint
Spearmint (Mentha spicata ) Photo ©Merle R. Black, Wisconsin Flora.
White Water Crowfoot
White Water Crowfoot (Ranunculus aquatilis var. diffusus). Photo @Paul Skawinski, Wisconsin Flora.
Woolgrass
Woolgrass (Scirpus eriophorum, [Scirpus cyperinus ]). Photo Robert H. Molenbrock, USDA-NRCS Plants Database.

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Fall 1916

See explanatory notes at top of page.

Click the name link in the list for photos of those plants most of which are still extant.

Common Wormwood
Common Wormwood, (Artemisia absinthium) Photo ©Steve C. Garske, Wisconsin Flora.
Jimsonweed (Datura stramonium) Photo ©G D Bebeau
Trailing Arbutus
Trailing Arbutus (Epigaea repens). Photo ©Aaron Carlson, Wisconsin Flora.
Mountain Fly Honeysuckle
Mountain Fly Honeysuckle (Lonicera caerulea, [Lonicera villosa]). Photo ©Joanne Kline, Wisconsin Flora.
American Fly Honeysuckle
American Fly Honeysuckle (Lonicera canadensis). Photo ©Derek Anderson, Wisconsin Flora.
Hairy Honeysuckle
Hairy Honeysuckle, (Lonicera hirsuta). Photo ©Emmett J. Judziewicz, Wisconsin Flora.
Goats-rue
Virginia Tephrosia or Goats- rue (Tephrosia virginiana) Photo ©Merle R. Black, Wisconsin Flora.

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