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Archives and Rare Book Room that was created in partnership with, “Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens, the City of Birmingham, the Alabama Cooperative Extension System, plant groups, garden clubs, and societies.”. The archive contains many different manuscripts, photographs, catalogs, and even plant fossils.
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