ABSTRACT
Charlotte O ’Brien was a poet as well as a horticulturist and plant collector. She created a well-known garden at Foynes and collected plants in counties Clare and Limerick. She contributed articles to Irish Gardening. Her plants are at the National Botanical Gardens, Glasnevin, and in the Limerick Museum. j h / m b o
PRIMARY SOURCES ’Brien, Charlotte. With M. C. Knowles. “Flora of Barony of
Shanid.” Irish Naturalist (1907): 185-201. --------- . Contributed plant records to R. L. Praeger s “Addi
tions to Irish Topographical Botany in 1902.” Irish Naturalist (1903): 23-40.
