A.J. Downing and John Torrey correspondence, 1833-1847 Downing, A. J. (Andrew Jackson), 1815-1852 creator text book
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ENG Correspondence from A.J. Downing to John Torrey, dated 1833-1847. In his first letter, dated 1833, Downing expresses his delight at "the commencement of a correspondence" with Torrey, and a lively exchange of specimens, seeds, publications, and ideas-- debates on taxonomy and methods of propagation-- follows. Downing sends Torrey plants from his Newburgh nursery; Torrey reciprocates with roots, seeds, and whole plants from as far away as North Carolina and Florida. Downing also regularly includes plants and flowers meant for Torrey's wife. By 1842, with Torrey in Princeton and Gray in Cambridge, Downing laments that all his "botanical acquaintances" have left New York City-- "What a scientific desert!" he says. A few more letters appear in 1847-- though Downing maintains that "Princeton is the Southern Antarctic to me," he writes again to ask Torrey to analyze a soil sample, and catch up on their respective work and publications. Obsolete plant names mentioned include Euphorbia poinsettii, Magnolia cordata, Nelumbium luteum, and Sarracenia heterophylla. In English. Bartonia Belknap, William G. (William Goldsmith), 1794-1851 Bentham, George, 1800-1884 Botanical specimens Buel, Jesse, 1778-1839 Corema conradii Correspondence Cottage residences Croom, Hardy Bryan, 1797-1837 Croomia pauciflora Cycas De Kay, James E. (James Ellsworth), 1792-1851 Dickerson, Mahlon, 1770-1853 Dionaea Douglas, David, 1799-1834 Downing, A. J. (Andrew Jackson), 1815-1852 Eschscholzia californica Euphorbia Euphorbia pulcherrima Gilia tricolor Graham, Robert, 1786-1845 Gray, Asa, 1810-1888 Gymnocladus Horticultural Society of London Hosack, David, 1769-1835 Hovey, C. M. (Charles Mason), 1810-1887 Introduction to the natural system of botany Knevels, John W., -1855 Ladies' botany Le Conte, John Eatton, 1784-1860 Limnanthes douglasii Lindley, John, 1799-1865 Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843 Lyceum of Natural History (New York, N.Y.) Magnolia acuminata Massachusetts Horticultural Society Mather, W. W. (William Williams), 1804-1859 McNab, William, 1780-1848 Nees von Esenbeck, C. G. (Christian Gottfried), 17 Nelumbo lutea North American Gramineae and Cyperaceae Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859 Orchidaceae Psoralea esculenta Pyrus Rafinesque, C. S. (constantine Samuel), 1783-1840 Sarracenia Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864 Thorburn, George C Torrey, John, 1796-1873 Torreya Trillium Ulmus americana United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842) Viscum Wallich, N. (Nathaniel), 1786-1854 Wardian cases New York Botanical Garden Archives John Torrey papers, series 1, correspondence https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/134719 994145966 VXG