OREGONSCAPE LILLA LEACH was a field botanist and nature enthusiast and, along with her husband John Leach, collected plant specimens in Oregon and the West. Their photograph collection at the Oregon Historical Society, numbering in the thousands, includes many examples of trees, flowers, and mushrooms native to Oregon. They also donated a collection of 3,000 pressed plants to the University of Oregon in 1963. The Leaches are perhaps best known today for their property along Johnson Creek — originally called Sleepy Hollow— now named the Leach Botanical Garden (well worth a visit!). This photograph from the John and Lilla Leach Photographs Collection at OHS documents morel mushrooms of unusal size in about 1931. The location where they were discovered is, understandably, not disclosed. You can read more about Lilla on the Oregon Encyclopedia, www. orgegonencyclopedia.org. OHS Research Library, Org. Lot 370, #1013 — Matthew Cowan, OHS Moving Images and Photography Archivist ...