How did Emily Dickinson create her herbarium?

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Emily Dickinson, c. 1847 — Emily Dickinson Poet Emily Dickinson is one of American poetry's most singular and influential voices.

Emily Dickinson created her herbarium as a student at Amherst Academy. Inspired by a botany class, she collected and pressed numerous plant specimens, carefully identifying each one using its Latin name.1