Department of Botany Established
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PrintThe Division of Plants of the Department of Biology becomes the Department of Botany in the United States National Museum. This new Department is made up of the Divisions of Cryptogams, Grasses, and Phanerogams.
Chronology of Smithsonian History
Guide to Smithsonian Archives. Archives and Special Collections of the Smithsonian Institution Number 4. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1983, p. 76.
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