Interesting new story about a collection donated to a college :
"A collector sends his plants to college, so others may study them ... Alan and Joan Brout... Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H.
Brout, 73...
seven years ago, ...rented a U-Haul truck to drop off his collection of about 900 orchid plants representing a 30-year hobby.
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Brout's gift is known as The Brout Orchid Collection, and is widely considered the most extensive orchid collection in New England. The greenhouse is open five days a week to visitors
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Brout checks in on his collection several times a year...
The greenhouse's manager and curator, Lisa Palmer, sends the couple pictures of blooming orchids and regularly consults with Brout about how best to care for the plants.
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In the mid-1990s, as the Brouts prepared to sell their Larchmont home, they pondered what to do with the orchids. Alan Brout found his answer at Dartmouth's greenhouse, which then held only a few orchids. He made his unique donation in October 1996, a few months before the couple moved to White Plains. In addition, Brout gave an endowment to pay for the collection's continual maintenance."
source and full news story :
http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050224/LIFESTYLE01/502240353/1031
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