Many thanks to all. I have to reproduce a photo by late Dr. Siebert. I need the permit of course. Anyone knows how to contact a member of the family? Thank kyou Alberto Italy ---------- Initial Header ----------- From : pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org To : pbs@lists.ibiblio.org Cc : Date : Thu, 23 Feb 2006 18:10:38 -0500 Subject : [pbs] Dr. Seibert > Russell J. Seibert Renowned Botanist > > Russell J. Seibert, 90, a botanist who was the first director of the Los > Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden as well as Longwood Gardens in > Kennett Square, Pa., died Nov. 28 at a nursing home in Sarasota, Fla., > of complications from Alzheimer's disease. > > Dr. Seibert was director of the Los Angeles site from 1950 to 1955 and > then of Longwood Gardens until 1979. At Longwood, he oversaw the > transition from a private estate belonging to Pierre S. du Pont to a > horticultural display garden. > > After retiring, he moved to Sarasota, where he served as curator > emeritus of tropical horticulture at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens. > > Russell Jacob Seibert was raised on a farm in Illinois. He was a > graduate of Washington University in St. Louis, where he received > master's and doctoral degrees in botany. > > He worked for the Agriculture Department in the 1940s, organizing the > construction of a rubber plantation in Haiti as well as conducting plant > explorations in the jungles of Central and South America. > > He was former chairman of the Williamsburg Garden Symposium and > president of the American Horticultural Society. > > Survivors include his wife of 61 years, Isabelle "Deni" Pring of > Sarasota; three children; and six grandchildren. > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > Alberto Grossi Italy