Lela Viola Barton
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Lela Viola Barton (1901–1967) was an American botanist who specialized in seed germination and storage.[1]
Lela Barton was born in Farmington, Washington County, Arkansas, on 14 November 1901, the third of five children born to Gaston Reuben and Mary Fannie (née Miller) Barton.[2]
Career
Barton worked at the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research at Yonkers, in New York City, specializing in seeds.[1]
