Abstract
In the July issue last, there appeared a hitherto unpublished diary, of Mrs. Hester Perrine Walker, a survivor of the Indian massacre at Indian Key, on August 7, 1840, in which her father, the noted pioneer and botanist, lost his life. This volume of reminiscences, so intensely interesting in its depiction of the daily vicissitudes of pioneer life, graphically climaxed by the tragic occurrence of the massacre, has aroused among its readers a desire for further knowledge of the lifework of this pioneer horticulturist of Florida. Mrs. Sarah R. W. Palmer, of Miami, a grand-daughter of Dr. Perrine, tells of the achievements of Henry Perrine’s nine years of experimentation in plant introduction.
Recommended Citation
Palmer, Sarah R. W.
(1926)
"Henry Perrine, Pioneer Botanist and Horticulturist,"
Florida Historical Quarterly: Vol. 5:
No.
2, Article 9.
Available at:
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/fhq/vol5/iss2/9
