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Academy sharing plant specimens from Lewis and Clark journey.
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September 23, 2002
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Byline: Sandy Bauers
PHILADELPHIA _ Nearly 200 years ago, a sprig of mountain holly began an extraordinary journey. It was April 11, 1806, a rainy day at the edge of the great rapids of the Columbia River in what is now Oregon.
"The mountains are high steep and rocky," Meriwether Lewis wrote in his journal. "Near the river, we find the Cottonwood, sweet willow ... mountain holley, & common ash."
Lewis plucked a few sprigs of the holly and placed them gently in a dry oilskin bag.
That night, perhaps, he lay the cuttings flat on a specimen ...
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