Buckingham Smith and John Torrey correspondence, 1850-1868

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Related/Analytical: New York Botanical Garden Archives

Series: John Torrey papers, series 1, correspondence

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Smith, Buckingham, 1810-1871

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Correspondence from Buckingham Smith to John Torrey, dated 1850-1868, seeking Torrey's expertise to identify a number of references he has found in various ethnological sources for plants used by native peoples in Mexico and California. The third document consists of an excerpt from "The Young Voyagers" by Mayne Reid, written on the black pages of an invitation to a meeting of the American Ethnological Society. Obsolete and unresolved plant names mentioned include Viburnum oxycoccos.

In English.

Subjects

Amelanchier ovalis , American Ethnological Society , Capsicum , Correspondence , Cucurbita pepo , Ethnobotany , Lycopersicon , Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar, active 16th century , Prosopis , Reid, Mayne, 1818-1883 , Smith, Buckingham, 1810-1871 , Torrey, John, 1796-1873

BHL Collections

John Torrey Papers

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 1049803510