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Last Name Shull

Given Name James Marion

alt. Names J. M. S. ; J. Marion Shull ;

Marriage

Children

Year born 1872 in Clark County, Ohio

Year died 1948

Place of death Chevy Chase, Maryland

Father's occupation Harrison Shull (1840-1917)

Relatives Catherine Ryman (1840-1912) (mother) ; 6 siblings: George Harrison (1874-1954) plant geneticist; Aaron Frankling, zool; Charles Albert plant physiol

Education botany

Country of Activity United States of America

Worked for J. M. Shull: Rainbow Fragments Iris (1931) ; Bruce Williamson ; Forestry Service Manual ; Southern Trees & Poplars ; George B. Sudworth: Pine Trees Rocky Mountain Region (1917) ; Leslie A. Viereck & Elbert L. Little Jr: Alaska Trees Shrubs (1972) ; illustrations for publications such as "Country Life" and "Ladies' Home Journal" ;

Patronage United States Department of Agriculture, Division of Pomology; Bureau of Plant Industry ;

Collaborators artist A. E. Hoyle ; artist Hughey ;

Techniques botanical and pomological watercolour painting, ink drawing, and line block ;

Sample(s) http://fmhibd.library.cmu.edu/HIBD-DB/ArtCat/recordlist.php ; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Marion_Shull ;

Archival sources USDA Pomological Watercolor & Forestry collections, Washington DC; www.ancestry.com ;

Published sources R. S. Sturtevant, in: Bull. American Iris Society 112 (January 1949): 88 ;

other Fruit disease inspector, associate botanist and botanical illustrator for USDA and iris, plant breeder. See also: http://fmhibd.library.cmu.edu/HIBD-DB/ArtCat/recordlist.php?-skip=13450&-max=25 and http://plantillustrations.org/artist.php?id_artist=1946&mobile=0

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