Black cohosh

This series of 20 original black and white photographs depicts botanical specimens of the Great Smoky Mountains. The entire set, including one image that is not in Hunter Library Special Collections, was published in a booklet titled "The Remarkable Flora of the Great Smoky Mountains" by B.W. Wells. Bertram Whittier Wells (1884-1978) was a distinguished professor of botany at North Carolina State University. The photographs are attributed to him. The plant in this photograph, labeled "A close-up of the black cohosh flowers," has the Latin name, Cimicifuga racemosa and are also known as bugbane. The 14-page booklet was published by the North Carolina National Park Commission and Great Smoky Mountains, Inc., two organizations that promoted the idea of designating the Great Smoky Mountains as a national park