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W. W. (Warner Webster) Stockberger
1872–1944
A longtime U.S. Department of Agriculture scientist and civil servant, he wrote practical, early 20th-century guides on medicinal crops, hops, and other useful plants. His work blends field botany with the everyday realities of cultivation, trade, and public service.
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Drug Plants Under Cultivation
by W. W. (Warner Webster) Stockberger
About the author
Born in 1872, Warner Webster Stockberger built a career that crossed both plant science and government administration. He is best remembered for his work with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and for writing clear, practical publications about economically important plants.
His best-known books include Drug Plants Under Cultivation and other USDA-era studies on hops and related agricultural subjects. These works were written to help growers and officials understand how useful plants could be cultivated, processed, and marketed, which makes them especially interesting as snapshots of applied American botany in the early 1900s.
Stockberger died in 1944. A memorial volume collecting his writings and a biographical memoir shows the regard he earned from colleagues, and later records also note his role as an early personnel official in federal service as well as his scientific work.