B.D. Greene and John Torrey correspondence, 1829-1844

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Related/Analytical: New York Botanical Garden Archives

Series: John Torrey papers, series 1, correspondence

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Greene, Benjamin Daniel, 1793-1862

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Correspondence from B.D. Greene to John Torrey, dated 1829-1844. Greene writes extensively of the activities of numerous botanists ("Nuttall has flown away from birds as well as botany & driving away at antediluvian bones, fossil shells, conchology, &c. &c."), discussed their publications, and tracks the movements of specimens. Obsolete plant names mentioned include Corallorhiza innata, Sarothra, Scirpus lacustris, and Splachnum augustatum.

In English.

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Anemone , Bigelow, Jacob, 1786-1879 , Boott, Francis, 1792-1863 , Boott, William 1805-1886 , Boston Society of Natural History , Botanical specimens , Carex , Compendium of the flora of the northern and middle , Cooper, William, 1798?-1864 , Corallorhiza trifida , Correspondence , Crataegus , Croom, Hardy Bryan, 1797-1837 , Curtis, M. A. (Moses Ashley), 1808-1872 , Cyperaceae , Cyperus , Dionaea muscipula , Drummond, Thomas, -1835 , Festuca , Gray, Asa, 1810-1888 , Greene, B. D. (Benjamin Daniel), 1793-1862 , Greene, Gardiner, 1753-1832 , Greville, Robert Kaye, 1794-1866 , Hooker, William Jackson, Sir, 1785-1865 , Introduction to the natural system of botany , Leitner, Edward Frederick, 1812-1838 , Lindley, John, 1799-1865 , Macrae, W. F. (William Frederick) , Musci americani , Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859 , Oakes, William, 1799-1848 , Oryzopsis , Potentilla , Reynolds, J. N. (Jeremiah N.), 1799-1858 , Richardson, John, Sir, 1787-1865 , Robb, James, 1815-1861 , Rosaceae , Schoenoplectus lacustris , Schweinitz, Lewis David von, 1780-1834 , Scirpus , Tetraplodon angustatus , Torrey, John, 1796-1873 , Tuckerman, Edward, 1817-1886 , Villarsia , Walker-Arnott, George Arnott, 1799-1868

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John Torrey Papers

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English

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OCLC: 1003045762