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Welcome to the Department of Biological Sciences
Virtual Gardens home page. Here you will find information and images
regarding local gardens as well as selected links to information
and images available at other universities and commercial enterprises.
Bio 3312
egarden
-- Information and images for the
department's horticulture class.
Booth Library
Archives
-- Do you want to see what
Eastern's campus looked like in 1902? Did you know that McAfee Gym was
built in Lake Ahmoweenah? Here are some images from Booth Library
archives that can give you an idea of what our campus looked like over the first
fifty years.
EIU Campus Tree Tour
-- Specimen trees on the
campus of Eastern Illinois University, a walking tour.
-- If you have an iPod or
similar portable audio device, try our campus tree tour
podcast.
Local
Gardens and Plants
-- Here you will find images
of gardens and plants found both on and off campus.
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Campus gardens
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Take a virtual garden walk through a
local garden.
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Azalea garden between the Thut
Greenhouse and Life Science Building (ca. 1970s)
Plant Image Index
-- An alphabetical listing of
local garden plant specimen images.
Thut Greenhouse
Tour
-- Built in 1962, the H.F.
Thut Greenhouse serves as the Biological Science Department’s botanical
conservatory and as a facility for growing plants for research and classroom
use. The 3400 square foot building is located next to the Life Sciences
Building on the campus of Eastern Illinois University. The greenhouse has
eight rooms. Visit each room by clicking on the
respective link.
Thut Slide
Presentation
-- On November 14, 1973, Dr.
Hiram. F. Thut, Professor Emeritus of Botany, gave as his final talk to the
Botany Club, a program entitled E.I.U.: Then and Now. The "then" slides went
back 40 years and more, and even some of the "now" slides look strange
today. David Murphy of the Botany Department recognized the historical
interest of this program and taped it. After Dr. Thut’s death the following
year, Mr. Murphy worked with Mrs. Thut to locate the slides and copy them
during the summer of 1978 so that the entire presentation has been
preserved. This slide presentation has been put on this web site for your
viewing pleasure.
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