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June 8, 1893 [LAT/SB]: “News was received Monday of the safe arrival of the excellent classified collection of the wild flora of this county, on which Miss Ida M. Blockman of Santa María has been working for the past three years. It will be exhibited at the World’s Fair.” | '''June 8, 1893 [LAT/SB]:''' “News was received Monday of the safe arrival of the excellent classified collection of the wild flora of this county, on which Miss Ida M. Blockman of Santa María has been working for the past three years. It will be exhibited at the World’s Fair.” | ||
July 8, 1893 [LAT/SB]: “Mrs. Ida M. Blockman’s collection of the wild flowers of Santa Barbara County is the only collection of the kind approaching completeness in the State building. It occupies a prominent position in the educational department, and is a very interesting and instructive feature. It contains about six hundred specimens, and is an excellent object lesson of the flora of Santa Barbara County.” | '''July 8, 1893 [LAT/SB]:''' “Mrs. Ida M. Blockman’s collection of the wild flowers of Santa Barbara County is the only collection of the kind approaching completeness in the State building. It occupies a prominent position in the educational department, and is a very interesting and instructive feature. It contains about six hundred specimens, and is an excellent object lesson of the flora of Santa Barbara County.” | ||
October 26, 1893 [LAT/SB]: “At last the commissioners for the Midwinter Fair from this county have been named… I. K. Fisher, Russell Heath, Delos M. Dimmick… Ida M. Blockman…” | '''October 26, 1893 [LAT/SB]:''' “At last the commissioners for the Midwinter Fair from this county have been named… I. K. Fisher, Russell Heath, Delos M. Dimmick… Ida M. Blockman…” | ||
January 1, 1895 [LAT]: “Mrs. Ida Blockman, a botanist whose reputation extends far outside the [Santa María] valley, has in her herbarium between 500 and 1000 distinct species of plants having their habitat in this valley.” | '''January 1, 1895 [LAT]:''' “Mrs. Ida Blockman, a botanist whose reputation extends far outside the [Santa María] valley, has in her herbarium between 500 and 1000 distinct species of plants having their habitat in this valley.” | ||
April 29, 1896 [LAT/SB]: “In many localities of this county the plant canaigre [''Rumex''] is a native. It is popularly known as wild rhubarb… Ida M. Blockman, a member of the County Board of Education, a botanist of considerable note, and constantly engaged in scientific research, who resides at Santa María, has been investigating this tanning plant and has sent root samples to Prof. E. W. Hilgard of the State University…” | '''April 29, 1896 [LAT/SB]:''' “In many localities of this county the plant canaigre [''Rumex''] is a native. It is popularly known as wild rhubarb… Ida M. Blockman, a member of the County Board of Education, a botanist of considerable note, and constantly engaged in scientific research, who resides at Santa María, has been investigating this tanning plant and has sent root samples to Prof. E. W. Hilgard of the State University…” | ||
June 10, 1896 [LAT/SB]: “Ida M. Blockman, a member of the County Board of Education from Santa María, is at the New Morris House. She is a noted botanist and has the honor of having a number of rare plants named after herself as discoverer.” | '''June 10, 1896 [LAT/SB]:''' “Ida M. Blockman, a member of the County Board of Education from Santa María, is at the New Morris House. She is a noted botanist and has the honor of having a number of rare plants named after herself as discoverer.” | ||
September 25, 1896 [LAT/SB]: “Ida M. Blockman, assistant teacher in the Santa María High School, leaves tomorrow morning for home, her health not permitting her to remain here until the close of the institute.” | '''September 25, 1896 [LAT/SB]:''' “Ida M. Blockman, assistant teacher in the Santa María High School, leaves tomorrow morning for home, her health not permitting her to remain here until the close of the institute.” | ||
December 4, 1896 [LAT/SB]: “Examination questions were today forwarded the following teachers in different parts of the county… Ida M. Blockman, Santa María…” | '''December 4, 1896 [LAT/SB]:''' “Examination questions were today forwarded the following teachers in different parts of the county… Ida M. Blockman, Santa María…” | ||
Revision as of 17:41, 16 March 2014
BLOCHMAN, Ida Mae Twitchell (1854-1931), Maine-born north Santa Barbara county teacher and botanist who collected extensively in the Santa María Valley. She was most active in the 1890s, and in 1893 she sent a large collection of plants to the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Several species are named in her honor, including Erigeron blochmaniae and Senecio blochmaniae. On May 13, 1896, Ida Blockman and Alice Eastwood collected the type specimen of Dudleya blochmanae, named by Eastwood in Blockman’s honor.
June 8, 1893 [LAT/SB]: “News was received Monday of the safe arrival of the excellent classified collection of the wild flora of this county, on which Miss Ida M. Blockman of Santa María has been working for the past three years. It will be exhibited at the World’s Fair.”
July 8, 1893 [LAT/SB]: “Mrs. Ida M. Blockman’s collection of the wild flowers of Santa Barbara County is the only collection of the kind approaching completeness in the State building. It occupies a prominent position in the educational department, and is a very interesting and instructive feature. It contains about six hundred specimens, and is an excellent object lesson of the flora of Santa Barbara County.”
October 26, 1893 [LAT/SB]: “At last the commissioners for the Midwinter Fair from this county have been named… I. K. Fisher, Russell Heath, Delos M. Dimmick… Ida M. Blockman…”
January 1, 1895 [LAT]: “Mrs. Ida Blockman, a botanist whose reputation extends far outside the [Santa María] valley, has in her herbarium between 500 and 1000 distinct species of plants having their habitat in this valley.”
April 29, 1896 [LAT/SB]: “In many localities of this county the plant canaigre [Rumex] is a native. It is popularly known as wild rhubarb… Ida M. Blockman, a member of the County Board of Education, a botanist of considerable note, and constantly engaged in scientific research, who resides at Santa María, has been investigating this tanning plant and has sent root samples to Prof. E. W. Hilgard of the State University…”
June 10, 1896 [LAT/SB]: “Ida M. Blockman, a member of the County Board of Education from Santa María, is at the New Morris House. She is a noted botanist and has the honor of having a number of rare plants named after herself as discoverer.”
September 25, 1896 [LAT/SB]: “Ida M. Blockman, assistant teacher in the Santa María High School, leaves tomorrow morning for home, her health not permitting her to remain here until the close of the institute.”
December 4, 1896 [LAT/SB]: “Examination questions were today forwarded the following teachers in different parts of the county… Ida M. Blockman, Santa María…”
