Title
William Marbury Carpenter and John Torrey correspondence, 1839-1840
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Related/Analytical:
New York Botanical Garden Archives
Series:
John Torrey papers, series 1, correspondence
By
Carpenter, W. M. (William Marbury), 1811-1848
Type
Collection
Material
Archival material
Publication info
Notes
Correspondence from William Marbury Carpenter to John Torrey, dated 1839-1840, discussing botanical subjects and the pitfalls of shipping plant specimens and hand-delivering letters. The last document in the collection is a page from an unidentified draft article on niobium and niobium ore (called here columbium and columbite, respectively). Obsolete and unresolved botanical and mineralogical terms used include Agrostis indica, Aspidium cristatum, Columbite, Columbium, Gnaphalium monocephalum, Laurus carolinensis, Planera gmelinii, and Tradescantia virginica.
In English.
Subjects
Andropogon gracilis
,
Antennaria plantaginifolia
,
Botanical specimens
,
Carpenter, William Marbury, 1811-1848
,
Correspondence
,
Cubí y Soler, Mariano, 1801-1875
,
Cyperaceae
,
Digitaria
,
Digitaria compressa
,
Erigeron heterophyllus
,
Erigeron strigosus
,
Gramineae
,
Gratiola
,
Justicia
,
Louisiana
,
Mineralogy
,
Niobium
,
Niobium ores
,
Onoclea
,
Persea carolinensis
,
Plants
,
Polygonum punctatum
,
Ptelea trifoliata
,
Rhynchospora
,
Rosa
,
Sporobolus indicus
,
Tantalum
,
Torrey, John, 1796-1873
,
Tradescantia virginiana
,
Woodwardia virginica
BHL Collections
John Torrey Papers
Language
English
Identifiers
OCLC:
982116063
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