Lela Viola Barton (1901–1967) was an

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botanist who specialized in seed germination and storage.

Early life

Lela Barton was born in

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, on 14 November 1901, the third of five children born to Gaston Reuben and Mary Fannie (née Miller) Barton.

Career

Barton worked at the

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at Yonkers, in New York City, specializing in seeds.

Death

Barton died aged 66 at

Tucson, Arizona , "(at the) base of the black ill , nicknames = "The Old Pueblo", "Optics Valley", "America's biggest small town" , image_map = , mapsize = 260px , map_caption = Interactive map ...

, on 31 July 1967; she was buried at Fairview Memorial Gardens, Fayetteville, Arkansas. She never married.

Publications

* - (1933). Seedling production of tree peony. ''Contrib. Boyce Thomp. Inst.'' 5. 451–460. * - (1939). Storage of

elm Elms are deciduous and semi-deciduous trees comprising the flowering plant genus ''Ulmus'' in the plant family Ulmaceae. They are distributed over most of the Northern Hemisphere, inhabiting the temperate and tropical-montane regions of North ...

seed. ''Contrib. Boyce Thomp. Inst.'' 10, 221–233. * - (1936). Germination and seed production in Lilium sp. ''Contrib. Boyce Thomp. Inst.'' 8. 297–309. * - (1939). Experiments at Boyce Thompson Institute on germination and dormancy in seeds. ''Sci. Hort.'' 7. 186–193. * - & Schroeder, E. M. (1941). Convellaria majalis L. and Silacina racemosa (L.) Desf. ''Contrib. Boyce Thomp. Inst.'' 12. 277–300. * - (1943). The storage of citrus seed. ''Contrib. Boyce Thomp. Inst.'' 13, 47–55. * - (1944). Some seeds showing special dormancy. ''Contrib. Boyce Thomp. Inst.'' 13. 259–271. * - & Thornton, N. C. (1947). Germination and sex population studies of

Ilex opaca ''Ilex opaca'', the American holly, is a species of holly, native to the eastern and south-central United States, from coastal Massachusetts south to central Florida, and west to southeastern Missouri and eastern Texas. Description ''Ilex opac ...

Ait. ''Contrib. Boyce Thomp. Inst.'' 14. 405–410. * - & Chandler, C. (1957). Physiological and morphological effects of gibberellic acid on epicotyl dormancy of tree peony. ''Contrib. Boyce Thomp. Inst.'' 19. 201–214. * - (1960). Storage of seeds of

Lobelia cardinalis ''Lobelia cardinalis'', the cardinal flower ( syn. ''L. fulgens''), is a species of flowering plant in the bellflower family Campanulaceae native to the Americas, from southeastern Canada south through the eastern and southwestern United States ...

. ''Contrib. Boyce Thomp. Inst.'' 395–401. * - (1961). ''Seed preservation and viability''. Leonard Hill, London. * - (1965). Viability of seeds of Theobrama cacao L. ''Contrib. Boyce Thomp. Inst.'' 23. 109–122. * - (1966a). Effects of temperature and moisture on viability of stored lettuce, onion, and tomato seed. ''Contrib. Boyce Thomp. Inst.'' 23. 285–290. * - (1966b). Viability of

Pyrethrum ''Pyrethrum'' was a genus of several Old World plants now classified as ''Chrysanthemum'' or ''Tanacetum'' which are cultivated as ornamentals for their showy flower heads. Pyrethrum continues to be used as a common name for plants formerly inclu ...

seeds. ''Contrib. Boyce Thomp. Inst.'' 23, 267–268. * - (1967). ''Bibliography of Seeds''. 858 p., Columbia University Press, New York. * - & Croker, W. (1990). ''Physiology of Seeds: An Introduction to the Experimental Study of Seed and Germination Problems''. Bishen Singh Mahendrapal Singh, Dehradun * - (2005). ''Seeds: Their Preservation And Longevity''. Asiatic Publishing House,

References

1901 births 1967 deaths American women botanists People from Washington County, Arkansas 20th-century American women scientists 20th-century American botanists {{botanist-stub