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Mr. Muñoz-Rodríguez and his colleagues visited museums and herbariums around the world to take samples of sweet potato varieties and wild relatives.

From New York Times • Apr. 12, 2018

The world’s herbariums contain a vast number of varieties that have yet to be genetically tested.

From New York Times • Apr. 12, 2018

Here are botanists who love the growing things in the fields and woods better than the specimens in their herbariums.

From The Gentle Reader by Crothers, Samuel McChord

The sole decoration of the four rooms on the ground floor, which composed his lodgings, consisted of framed herbariums, and engravings of the old masters.

From Les Misérables by Hapgood, Isabel Florence

"We are going to the woods, too," said another group, "and will gather flowers to press for our herbariums."

From Pixy's Holiday Journey by Lang, George