Above: Pink dogwood flowers, Alexandria, Virginia, c 1964
Bill was more than an agricultural statistician, he was a gardener with a horticulturalist’s eye. From tobacco blossoms to cherry blossoms to dogwoods to azaleas, he documented it all in stunning detail.
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A George L. Taber azalea, Raleigh, North Carolina, May 1973 -


Cherry Blossoms 1, Washington, DC, 1969 -


Cherry Blossoms 2, Washington, DC, 1969 -


Cherry Blossoms 3, Washington, DC, 1969 -


Cherry Blossoms 4, Washington, DC, 1969 -


Cherry Blossoms 5, Washington, DC, 1969 -


Delicate flower growing in wood grain, probably Virginia, c 1965 -


Flowering dogwood tree, Alexandria, Virginia, 1969 -


Leaving flowers for others to enjoy, Mount Mitchell, North Carolina, 8-14-74 -


Pink blossoming tree, probably pink magnolia, suburban Virginia/Washington, DC, 1969 -


Pink dogwood flowers, Alexandria, Virginia, c 1964 -


Pink tulips, Alexandria, Virginia, c 1964 -


Profile of a young girl, Biltmore Estate, Asheville, North Carolina, July 1971 -


Rhododendron blossom, Raleigh, North Carolina, 4-30-74 -


Studies in Scarlet and Pink, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1-26-75 -


Teenage girl and her mother amid angst and dogwoods, Raleigh, North Carolina, April 1972


American Flowers and Trees


