Fig. 1: Botany-AH3-Front
- Cloth: Heavyweight tan right twill
- Embroidery: Silk continuous
- Border: Clockwise, round & dense
Fig. 2: Botany-AH3-Magnified
- Design: Gold flower, dark green stem
Fig. 3: Botany-AH3-Reverse
- Back: Black imprint
Item Name: Botany 1922
Item ID: Botany-AH3
Collector Rating: 1
Pamphlets Used to Earn this Badge
Requirements January 1921 until April 1930
1. Produce specimens of 50 species of flowering plants without the roots (and in addition, where possible, 5 ferns) collected an named by himself.
2. Be able to identify 10 plants by their seeds. Produce specimens of the seeds.
3. Give a list of at least 5 plants that are usually found growing together in woodlands, or 5 near water; and 5 found in open fields, or 5 along roadsides. Produce specimens.
4. Tell the parts of a complete flower. Submit drawings.
5. Tell in a general way how plants manufacture their food.
6. Explain how ferns differ from flowering plants; and tell how they are reproduced.
7. Submit specimens collected by himself (with names if known) of 5 Fungi, 5 Algae or 5 Lichens: 5 mosses or 5 Liverworts; or if specializing in any one of the above classes, submit 10 different species of that class.
8. Name 5 kinds of edible wild fruits; 5 plants used medicinally and tell what used for; 3 wild plants that can be cooked as "greens," and 2 edible "roots".
9. Submit an essay of at least 200 words on the "Conservation of Wild Flowers," naming at least 4 in danger of extinction.