Title
William Boott and John Torrey correspondence, 1842
Related Titles
Related/Analytical:
New York Botanical Garden Archives
Series:
John Torrey papers, series 1, correspondence
By
Boott, William, 1805-1886
Type
Collection
Material
Archival material
Publication info
Notes
Correspondence from William Boott to John Torrey, dated 1842, primarily discussing ferns. He begins by mentioning that his search, conducted with Dr. Jacob Bigelow, for a missing specimen of Onoclea obtucilobata has not been successful. Boott tells Torrey that he has recently received a box of specimens from Hooker, and goes on to discuss various species of fern and his opinions on them. He closes by mentioning a trip he will soon make to Europe, and entreating Torrey to continue writing to his brother Francis Boott. Other obsolete species mentioned include: Aspidium noveboracense, Aspidium dilatatum, Aspidium intermedium, Aspidium spinulosum, Aspidium thelypteris, Aspidium cristatum, Aspidium lancastriense, Aspidium filix-femina, Aspidium angustum, Aspidium aplenoides, Aspidium schweinitizii, Polypodium dryopteris, and Polypodium flexagonopterum [?].
In English.
Subjects
Aspidium
,
Asplenium montanum
,
Asplenium pinnatifidum
,
Athyrium filix-femina
,
Bigelow, Jacob, 1786-1879
,
Boott, Francis, 1792-1863
,
Boott, William 1805-1886
,
Botanical specimens
,
Botrychium
,
Correspondence
,
Dryopteris
,
Gymnocarpium dryopteris
,
Hooker, William Jackson, Sir, 1785-1865
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Nephrodium lancastriense
,
Onoclea sensibilis
,
Osmunda claytoniana
,
Polystichum acrostichoides
,
Thelypteris confluens
,
Torrey, John, 1796-1873
,
Woodsia ilvensis
BHL Collections
John Torrey Papers
Language
English
Identifiers
OCLC:
971253693
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