Background
Barnes, Parker Thayer was born on December 29, 1874 in at Marshfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of J. Fletcher and Anna Elizabeth (Baldwin) Barnes.
Barnes, Parker Thayer was born on December 29, 1874 in at Marshfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of J. Fletcher and Anna Elizabeth (Baldwin) Barnes.
Student Bussey Institute (Harvard) 1 year. Practical work. New York Agricultural Experiment Station, 3 years, Iowa Agricultural College and Experiment Station, 1 year, Missouri Botanical Garden, Saint Louis, 3 years.
Horticultural editor Garden Magazine, 1905-1907, Suburban Life, 1907-1911. With Pennsylvania Department Agriculture since 1912, assistant zoologist. 1915-1919, now executive assistant bureau of Plant Industry.
Author: House Plants and How to Grow Them, 1909.
Home: Harrisburg Pennsylvania‡.