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A Love of Plants
Running into the museum, Eastwood saw that the stairs
were burning. She climbed up to the sixth floor by using
the iron railings and saved almost 1,500 plant samples.
n. the state of no longer having something
loss
Eastwood later said that the loss to the world was great.
She added, “I do not regret the loss of my own work. I
enjoyed it when I did it, and I can
enjoy doing it again.” Eastwood
continued her work. And the museum
was rebuilt. How did Alice Eastwood save some plant samples
from the fires?
She climbed up to the sixth floor by using the iron Check
railings and saved almost 1,500 plant samples. Unit 8 | A Love of Plants
