William Robert Prince and John Torrey correspondence, 1849-1861

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Related/Analytical: New York Botanical Garden Archives

Series: John Torrey papers, series 1, correspondence

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Prince, William Robert, 1795-1869

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Correspondence from William Robert Prince to John Torrey, dated 1849-1861, mainly discussing a large variety of plants from California. The fourth document is a copy of a published plant list from Prince's Linnean Botanic Garden & Nurseries in Flushing, Queens; the fifth is an unsigned fragment discussing varieties of wild strawberry. Obsolete plant names mentioned include Alnus plumosa, Calycanthus macrophyllus, Fragaria collina, Fragaria elatior, Fragaria grandiflora, Fragaria hudsonic, Fragaria indica, Fragaria iowensis, Fragaria lucida, Fragaria sericea, Laurus californica, and Negundo violacea.

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Subjects

Abies , Acer macrophyllum , Alnus , Botanical specimens , California , Calochortus , Calycanthus occidentalis , Correspondence , Eschscholzia , Fitch, Augustus, 1794-1874 , Fragaria , Fragaria chiloensis , Fragaria vesca , Fragaria virginiana , Fragaria viridis , Fraxinus , Lilium , Myrica , Pinus , Plants , Platanus , Potentilla sericea , Prince, William Robert, 1795-1869 , Quercus , Salix , Spiraea douglasii , Thuja , Torrey, John, 1796-1873 , Wm. R. Prince & Co

BHL Collections

John Torrey Papers

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 1043762808