A Gonzo Botanist? Close Enough ; Arthur Haines Climbs Cliffs Looking for Plants, Teaches Primitive Skills and Practices Bolivian Jujitsu.

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Arthur Haines of Bowdoin is to New England botanists what Indiana Jones is to archaeologists.

Except for the Nazis. And that Arthur Haines is real and Indiana Jones is fictional.

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A Gonzo Botanist? Close Enough ; Arthur Haines Climbs Cliffs Looking for Plants, Teaches Primitive Skills and Practices Bolivian Jujitsu.

Haines, who is 35, is a research botanist for the New England Wild Flower Society whose main job is to write "The Flora of New England." The detailed book, which will allow readers to identify any plant they find around New England, eventually could be expanded to an active Web site that can be updated as new plants are found. He...

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