The Gleason & Cronquist Manual is the latest in a rich tradition of books on plants of northeastern North America published by New York Botanical Garden staff. Since Nathaniel Lord Britton published his Illustrated Flora in 1896, the goal of these books has been to enable the user to correctly identify plants growing in the wild in a vast region. The geographic coverage of the Gleason & Cronquist Manual encompasses all or portions of 22 states of the U.S.A. and five Canadian provinces. Major advances in botanical science since the last edition of the Manual mean the time is ripe for a revision.
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Grigson, Geoffrey. The Englishman's flora: illustrated with woodcuts from sixteenth century herbals. (London: Phoenix House, 1987, c1955). Illus.; bibliography. *R-QEG 93-7897. A classic of botanical folklore and medical botany.
In 1908, Peck accepted a position at Willamette University, where students considered him a "wondrously square" teacher with great common sense. The sole biologist in the College of Liberal Arts, Peck wrote that he "enjoyed teaching work thoroughly." His scholarly explorations flourished in Oregon, and his botanical expeditions ranged from Cape Lookout on the Oregon coast to the Three Sisters near Bend. Trips were financed through personal income and the sale of herbarium specimens (8 cents/sheet) that formed part of the U.S. Biological Survey.
Peck achieved many awards during his life. He was elected to the American Ornithological Union in 1909. In 1943, Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi named him an Outstanding Scientist, and the Oregon Federation of Garden Clubs honored him as a distinguished horticultural researcher in 1958. The Morton Peck Scholarship is awarded annually to Willamette undergraduates with botanical interests. Today, his pioneering efforts provide the only comprehensive manual of Oregon's flora. Moreover, the Peck herbarium is an enduring record of the plants that grew in our western states for over fifty years. His dried and pressed specimens are still examined regularly by those seeking to understand invasive weeds, rare plants, and the diverse habitats associated with them.
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