Peony Test Garden, 1950-1954

This series contains correspondence, reports, manuscript and like material related to Camp’s experimental and theoretical studies, especially the work he accomplished as Curator of Experimental Botany and Horticulture at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Summaries of this work are found in the Annual Reports folder. Also found here are correspondence and reports covering the work he did for industrial clients such as Riker Labs.

Material related to the Peony Test Garden in found in Box 14. His dissertation on hemp and other material from his student days is in this series. Photographs of the Taylor Arboretum are located in Series 8: Photographs. Negatives are located in Series 10: Negatives.