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Lowden, R. M.: Renewed interest in the vascular plants of Franklin County, Ohio (U.S.A.), 1882-1899. – Taxon 47: 647-656. 1998. – ISSN 0040-0262.
During the last two decades of the 19th century a great deal of plant collecting occurred in Franklin County, led by the Columbus Horticultural Society, the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station (Columbus), and the newly formed Botany Department at the Ohio State University. A number of botanical enthusiasts and students dedicated themselves to collecting and recording plant data for a county flora, whose specimens contributed significantly to the initial formation of the herbarium at the Ohio State University. Moses Craig and Augustine D. Selby were responsible for the preparation of preliminary treatments for a vascular flora of Franklin County. 22 plants are treated as introduced in the 1880s on the grounds of the Sells Brothers Circus at Sellsville (on the west side of Columbus).
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