Agnes Marion Ayre Herbarium Artwork
Agnes Marion Ayre (1890-1940) of St. John's was an amateur botanist of great distinction. Her botanical drawings
were meticulous and praised by botanists of her day. She published several books and pamphlets on Newfoundland,
including a guide to wild flowers in 1937.
After her death, her Herbarium of some 2,440 pressed specimens of her own plus many additional samples making a
total collection of 100,000 items, and 1,876 paintings and drawings went to Memorial University's Department of
Biology , see Index Herbariorum.
This site includes the botanical images.
The original drawings are held in Archives and Special Collections in the Queen Elizabeth II Library.
Please contact archives@mun.ca for information.
If you have a Newfoundland / Labrador question please contact the Centre for Newfoundland Studies
at cnsqeii@mun.ca