Recently, the Rare Plant Conservation Program (RPCP) performed annual fall demographic monitoring for several species, including Lakela’s Mint, Savannas Mint, Clasping warea, and Carter’s mustard. This monitoring takes place during …
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In November, the Rare Plant Conservation Program visited the new population of Florida goldenaster, Chrysopsis floridana, which was introduced into protected lands in Bartow in July. Funded by a grant …
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With the hitherto unreached magazine circulation of a million copies a month in sight, Edward Bok decided to give a broader scope to the periodical. He was determined to lay under …
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Edward Bok was always interested in the manner in which personality was expressed in letters. For this reason he adopted, as a boy, the method of collecting not mere autographs, …
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The newspaper paragraphers were now having a delightful time with Edward Bok and his woman’s magazine, and he was having a delightful time with them. The editor’s publicity sense made …
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Eugene Field was one of Edward Bok’s close friends and also his despair, as was likely to be the case with those who were intimate with the Western poet. One …
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Edward Bok has often been referred to as the one “who made The Ladies’ Home Journal out of nothing,” who “built it from the ground up,” or, in similar terms, …
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There is a popular notion that the editor of a woman’s magazine should be a woman. At first thought, perhaps, this sounds logical. But it is a curious fact that …
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Edward Bok’s lines were now to follow those of advertising for several years. He was responsible for securing the advertisements for The Book Buyer and The Presbyterian Review. While the …
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One evening some literary men were dining together previous to going to a private house where a number of authors were to give readings from their books. At the table …
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