Benjamin Alvord and John Torrey correspondence, 1842-1854

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Related/Analytical: New York Botanical Garden Archives

Series: John Torrey papers, series 1, correspondence

By

Alvord, Benjamin, 1813-1884

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Collection

Material

Archival material

Publication info

Notes

Correspondence from Benjamin Alvord to John Torrey, from 1842 to 1854, discussing plant specimens from the western U.S., and particularly Silphium laciniatum, the compass or "polar" plant. Alvord later wrote an article for American naturalist on the species.

In English.

Subjects

A manual of the botany of the northern United Stat , Alexander, Stephen, 1806-1883 , Alvord, Benjamin, 1813-1884 , American Association for the Advancement of Scienc , Bailey, Jacob Whitman, 1811-1857 , Botanical specimens , Correspondence , DeCamp, S. G. J. (Samuel Grandin Johnston), 1788-1 , Electromagnetism , Gray, Asa, 1810-1888 , Middle west , Oregon , Plants , Silphium , Silphium laciniatum , Silphium terebinthinaceum , Torrey, John, 1796-1873 , Vancouver , Washington (State) , Willamette River Valley

BHL Collections

John Torrey Papers

Call Number

PP

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 968214278