RENEWED INTEREST IN THE VASCULAR PLANTS OF FRANKLIN COUNTY, OHIO (USA), 1882-1899

During the last two decades of the 19th century a great deal of plant collecting occurred in Franklin County, led by the Columbus Horticultu ral Society, the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station (Columbus), and the newly formed Botany Department at the Ohio State University. A num ber of botanical enthusiasts and students dedicated themselves to coll ecting and recording plant data for a county flora, whose specimens co ntributed significantly to the initial formation of the herbarium at t he Ohio State University. Moses Craig and Augustine D. Selby were resp onsible for the preparation of preliminary treatments for a vascular f lora of Franklin County. 22 plants are treated as introduced in the 18 80s on the grounds of the Sells Brothers Circus at Sellsville (on the west side of Columbus).