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Sarasota News Leader October 25, 2013 Page 106 During a time of worldwide exploration, the Hundreds of years later, both men still inspire New World was regarded as an especially rich us. In North Florida, William is commemorated in places such as The Bartram Trail, area of natural wonders. Bartram High School in Jacksonville and William returned to Florida in the mid-1770s Bartram Park. under the sponsorship of his British patron, Lord John Fothergill, an avid gardener and Bartram's Garden, a thriving tribute to the collector. William drew from life the plants industriousness of John and his sons, is a and animals he encountered, recorded daily National Historic Landmark of Philadelphia. events in a journal and sent plants across the Both John and William continue to be the Atlantic to Fothergill, a feat in those days of subjects of books, papers — and this South Florida Museum exhibit. sailing ships. When he returned home, he converted the journal into Travels, the story of his fouryear odyssey on the southeastern coastal plain. Published in 1791 and still in print, the book inspired English poets such as William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. QUICK TIP Fran Palmeri The Botanical Art exhibit continues through Dec. 29 at the South Florida Museum, 201 S. Tenth Street West, Bradenton. For more information, call 941-746-4131 or visit www.southfloridamuseum.org. % Share stories by clicking the icon in the menubar and choosing to share via e-mail, post to Facebook or Twitter, or many other sharing options. FREE SUBSCRIPTION Don't have your own subscription to The Sarasota News Leader? Subscribe for FREE and receive a weekly notification when the latest issue is available online.