Virginia Willow (or Sweetspire), Itea virginica, collected June 27, 1935, by E.S. Luttrell, dried specimen mounted on paper, sheet 16 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches, University of Richmond Herbarium

RICHMOND, VA.- In commemoration of the 400th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown in 1607, the University of Richmond Museums presents the exhibition, Native Plants of Virginia: Selections from the University of Richmond Herbarium, on view from February 28 to June 24, 2007. The exhibition features specimens, photographs, and botanical illustrations, with selections highlighting forest trees, shrubs, vines, wildflowers, utilitarian plants, weeds, and medicinal plants that were discovered by the colonists in the New World. The specimens from the University of Richmond Herbarium are shown with photographs by W. John Hayden, Professor of Biology and Curator of the Herbarium, University of Richmond, and drawings by Lara Call Gastinger, a Charlottesville, Virginia, artist and the chief illustrator for the Flora of Virginia, a manual of over 3,700 native and naturalized plants, to be published in 2010... la suite sur http://www.artdaily.com/section/news/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=19414