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Back to EpisodesJoseph Lapsley Wilson: The Trooper as Horticulturalist
Episode 441
Published 11 months ago
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ABC:LHS #080-4 Joseph Lapsley Wilson...
...is better remembered today for his arboretum than his troop membership. It still exists today as the Barnes Arboretum at St. Joseph's University. He introduced several species of Asian trees to the United States. His portrait by Thomas Eakins hangs in the Armory Museum.