Ernest Jesse Palmer (born April 8, 1875;[1] died February 25, 1962[2]) was a “collector-botanist” botanical taxonomist and plant collector.
[5][2] Palmer became his family’s main support at the age of eleven after his father lost his ability to work.
[1] Over a period of a few months, botanist Bush identified several plants for Palmer and in the next year visited him several times.
The first shipment of hawthorn fruits failed due to mispackaging and mishandling, but when Palmer sent a second package he received praise from Sargent for the successful drying of them.
By 1903 Sargent had identified three new herbarium specimens from Palmer’s samples, Crataegus palmeri, C. lanuginosa, and C. speciosa.
He traveled to Joplin, Duenweg, Alba, Carthage, Galena and Noel, nearby to Webb City, Missouri.
[6] After his death his wife published a book of his poems: Gathered Leaves, Green Gold and Sere.