Schmid, Wolfram George
SCHMID, Wolfram George
SCHMID, Wolfram George. American (born Germany), b. 1930. Genres: Agriculture/Forestry, Botany, Design, Earth sciences, Environmental sciences/ Ecology, Homes/Gardens, Horticulture, Natural history, Sciences, Reference. Career: Practiced architecture and landscape architecture, 1952-64, and forest products engineering and silviculture, 1964-93; American Hosta Society, director/historian, 1984-, chair, Nomenclature Committee, 1998-; Georgia Hosta Society, founder, 1984; creator of the garden Hosta Hill, 1969. Publications: The Genus Hosta-Giboshi Zoku, 1991; An Encyclopedia of Shade Perennials, 2002. Contributor to botany magazines and books. Address: 4417 Goodfellows Ct, Tucker, GA 30084-2710, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]
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