Notes accompanying collection of useful plants made by W. J. Fisher at [Kodiak] in 1899

Title Variants

Alternative: 1-48, 1899

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Contained In: William J. Fisher field book

Series: SIA Acc. 12-038

Series: Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history

By

Fisher, William J.

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1899

Notes

English

This field book contains a list of botanical specimens that includes the following information: local name, local uses (included medicinal, economic, and dietary uses), "Russ" (Russian name?), "Aleut" (Aleutian name?), and abundance / distribution. A note beneath the title on the title page reads: dried plants with Mr. Kearney, alcoholics in seed collection.

Subjects

Alaska , Botany , Ethnobotany , Field notes , Kearney, Thomas H. (Thomas Henry), 1874-1956 , Kodiak Island , United States

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Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.97969