{"product_id":"botanic-manuscripts-of-jane-colden-1724-1766","title":"Botanic Manuscripts of Jane Colden, 1724-1766","description":"205 pp. The first woman botanist of Colonial America. \"Jane Colden (March 27, 1724 – March 10, 1766) was an American botanist,[2]:53–4 described as the \"first botanist of her sex in her country\" by Asa Gray in 1843. Although not acknowledged in botanical publications, she wrote a number of letters resulting in botanist John Ellis writing to Carl Linnaeus of her work applying the Linnaean system of plant identification to American flora, \"she deserves to be celebrated\".[2]:54 Contemporary scholarship maintains that she was the first female botanist working in America. She was regarded as a respected botanist by many prominent botanists such as: John Bartram, Peter Collinson, Alexander Garden, and Carl Linnaeus. Colden is most famous for her manuscript without a title, in which she describes the flora of the New York area, and draws ink drawings of 340 different species of them.\"","brand":"The Garden Club of Orange and Dutchess Counties","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31345669537862,"sku":"2300614","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1232\/9510\/products\/2300614.jpg?v=1580526261","url":"https:\/\/ym-demo.myshopify.com\/products\/botanic-manuscripts-of-jane-colden-1724-1766","provider":"Yesterday's Muse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}