Scope and Content This herbarium contains 40 identified botanical specimens common to the Eastern United States, collected by Hoover most likely during a summer Boy Scout session in Norristown, Pennsylvania. The project was inspired by Dr. E. M. Gress (1876-1968), Pennsylvania State Botanist, who promoted the importance of young boys obtaining knowledge of herbarium practices. The herbarium contains details of each pressing including: order, genus, species, common name, location, and date found. The records...