1.0Historical Marker Programhttps://explore.research.ufl.edu/historical-markersJewel Midelishttps://explore.research.ufl.edu/historical-markers/author/jmidelis/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Qbm49hK1Eg"><a href="https://explore.research.ufl.edu/historical-markers/wilmot-gardens/">Wilmot Gardens</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://explore.research.ufl.edu/historical-markers/wilmot-gardens/embed/#?secret=Qbm49hK1Eg" width="600" height="338" title="“Wilmot Gardens” — Historical Marker Program" data-secret="Qbm49hK1Eg" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://explore.research.ufl.edu/historical-markers/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://explore.research.ufl.edu/historical-markers/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/WilmotGardens.jpg1200800Royal James “Roy” Wilmot, a horticulturalist with the Agricultural Experiment Station at UF and a renowned camellia expert, established these gardens in the 1940s. At one time Wilmot Gardens was home to the largest public collection of camellias in the United States. The gardens served as a site for the classification and propagation of virtually every known principal species and variety of camellia. Following Wilmot’s death in 1950, the gardens received more than 300 rare varieties of camellia from every […]