Title
Correspondence : Gray (Asa) and Engelmann (George), 1841-1883
By
Gray, Asa, 1810-1888
Type
Collection
Material
Archival material
Publication info
Notes
Incoming correspondence to George Engelmann from Asa Gray, for 1841-1845. The correspondence relates to Karl Geyer's Illinois and Oregon collections; Melines Leavenworth's Louisiana and Texas collections; Nicollet's collections; Geyer's dishonesty; Thomas Nuttall's paper and determinations; Texas collections of Gambell, Lindheimer and Drummond; discussions of methods of shipping live plants; shipping practices; Post Office Law; techniques of mounting plants; western seed distribution for cultivation in eastern and European gardens; Oregon bill and Lindheimer; discussions of name changes; species differences; writing genera and manual of flora; collections, exchanges, accounts, subscriptions and distributions of various collections; collaboration of Engelmann and Gray.
Folder contains original letters.
Subjects
19th century
,
Abies
,
Agassiz, Louis,
,
Araceae
,
Asclepiadaceae
,
Asclepias
,
Bigelow, John M
,
Bignoniaceae
,
Bolander, Henry N
,
Boott, William,
,
Botanical specimens
,
Braun, Alexander,
,
Brunet, Ovide,
,
Buckley, S. B
,
Cactaceae
,
Callitrichaceae
,
Callitriche
,
Candolle, Alphonse de,
,
Catalpa
,
Classification
,
Collection and preservation
,
Compositae
,
Coniferae
,
Correspondence
,
Darwin, Charles,
,
Depressions
,
Description and travel
,
Eaton, Daniel Cady,
,
Effect of environment on
,
Eggert, Henry
,
Emory, William H
,
Endlicher, Stephan,
,
Engelmann, George J
,
Engelmann, George,
,
Erigeron
,
Euphorbia
,
Euphorbiaceae
,
Europe
,
Fagaceae
,
Fendler, Augustus,
,
Frémont, John Charles,
,
German Emperor,
,
Geyer, Karl Andreas,
,
Goodale, George L
,
Gray Herbarium
,
Gray, Asa,
,
Greene, Edward Lee,
,
Gregg, Josiah,
,
Hall, Elihu,
,
Harvard University
,
Harvey, William H
,
Herbarium
,
Human beings
,
Human evolution
,
Identification
,
Isoetaceae
,
Isoetes
,
Juncaceae
,
Juncus
,
Jussieu, Antoine Laurent de,
,
Kellogg, A
,
Law and legislation
,
Leavenworth, Melines Conklin,
,
Lemna
,
Lemnaceae
,
Letters
,
Lincoln, Abraham,
,
Lindley, John,
,
Loranthaceae
,
Meyer, Ernst Heinrich Friedrich,
,
Milkweeds
,
Missouri
,
Moquin-Tandon, Alfred,
,
Mueller, Ferdinand von,
,
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
,
Nicollet, J. N
,
Nuphar
,
Nuttall, Thomas,
,
Nymphaeaceae
,
Oakes, William,
,
Olney, Stephen T
,
Orchidaceae
,
Parlatore, Filippo,
,
Peck, Charles H
,
Pinaceae
,
Pinus
,
Planchon, Jules-Emile,
,
Plants
,
Postal service
,
Pringle, Cyrus G
,
Quercus
,
Redfield, John Howard,
,
Ringgold, Cadwalader,
,
Rocky Mountain States
,
Rocky Mountains
,
Rothrock, Joseph T.,
,
Saint Louis (Mo.)
,
Sargent, Charles Sprague,
,
Seeds
,
Shaw, Henry,
,
Smithsonian Institution
,
Solidago
,
Sprengel, Christian Konrad,
,
Succulent plants
,
Texas
,
Thuret, Gustave,
,
Torrey, John,
,
Tuckerman, Edward,
,
Tulasne, Louis-ReneĢ,
,
United States
,
United States Exploring Expedition
,
Vitaceae
,
Vitis
,
Vries, Hugo de,
,
Watson, Sereno,
,
William
,
Wine and wine making
,
Wislizenus, F. A
,
Wright, Charles,
BHL Collections
Engelmann Papers, Missouri Botanical Garden
Call Number
Archives Collection 1 RG 4/1/5/1
Language
English
Identifiers
OCLC:
843780383
OCLC:
843959689
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