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Jane
This historic marker is located at the entrance to the East Coldenham Elementary School and is one of several in the area related to the Colden family. As the marker indicates, Jane Colden was a botanist and produced a manuscript of her research which is now housed in the British Museum. By the end of 1756 she had classified over 300 local Hudson Valley plants using the system developed by Linnaeus and produced the most complete flora of the region written by anyone before the 19th century. Jane corresponded with John Bartram, Alexander Garden, and other botanists of the era, apparently earning their interest and respect. The students that read this marker commemorating Jane's contribution to science probably walk the very same land where she did her work.
This historic marker is located at the entrance to the East Coldenham Elementary School and is one of several in the area related to the Colden family. As the marker indicates, Jane Colden was a botanist and produced a manuscript of her research which is now housed in the British Museum. By the end of 1756 she had classified over 300 local Hudson Valley plants using the system developed by Linnaeus and produced the most complete flora of the region written by anyone before the 19th century. Jane corresponded with John Bartram, Alexander Garden, and other botanists of the era, apparently earning their interest and respect. The students that read this marker commemorating Jane's contribution to science probably walk the very same land where she did her work.
