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A.J. Downing and John Torrey Correspondence, 1833-1847
Author: Andrew Jackson DowningA.J. Downing and John Torrey Correspondence
Author: Andrew Jackson DowningPublisher:
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Category : Botanical specimens
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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 acquaintences" 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.
John A. Dix and John Torrey Correspondence, 1836
Author: John Johnston and John Torrey Correspondence, 1839-1857
Author: John JohnstonJohn Torrey and Asa Gray Correspondence
Author: John TorreyPublisher:
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Correspondence from John Torrey to Asa Gray, dated undated. Three small slips covered in notes on various species of Vaccinium.
A. Featherman and John Torrey Correspondence, 1870
Author: John A. Brereton and John Torrey Correspondence, 1834
Author: John Wright and John Torrey Correspondence, 1840-1841
Author: John WrightJohn Pope and John Torrey Correspondence, 1854
Author: John Torrey and John Carey Correspondence
Author: John TorreyPublisher:
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Category : Botanical specimens
Languages : en
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Correspondence from John Torrey to John Carey, undated. A short, ebullient note congratulating Carey on a particularly tricky plant identification: "The little thing is so unike most of the order to which it belongs that I don't wonder you were puzzled with it." In celebration, Torrey writes, "I send you a queer little affair of Rafinesque's to read this evening."