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Alva Bennett and John Torrey Correspondence, 1836
Author: Alva Bennett and John Torrey Correspondence
Author: Alva BennettPublisher:
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Category : Agaves
Languages : en
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Correspondence from Alva Bennett to John Torrey, dated 1836, asking to know the names of a group of plants from Key West that he showed Torrey the previous year. Bennett asks if they will be included in Torrey's "Botany," and when the project will be done. Bennet also asks for some of his specimens of cactus and agave to be returned, solicits an opinion on which book on plant physiology Torrey would recommend, and closes "if you have any commends [sic] for anything in the way of Botany here on the banks of the Geneseo, I should be happy to endevour to execute them."
New York State Natural History Survey, 1836-1845
Author: Michele AldrichPublisher:
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Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 320
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John Torrey and Asa Gray Correspondence
Author: John TorreyPublisher:
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Languages : en
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Correspondence from John Torrey to Asa Gray, dated undated. Three small slips covered in notes on various species of Vaccinium.
Catalog of the Manuscript and Archival Collections and Index to the Correspondence of John Torrey
Author: New York Botanical Garden. LibraryPublisher: Macmillan Reference USA
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Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 502
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Seeking the American Tropics
Author: James A. KushlanPublisher: University Press of Florida
ISBN: 0813065488
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 214
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For centuries, the southernmost region of the Florida peninsula was seen by outsiders as wild and inaccessible, one of the last frontiers in the quest to understand and reveal the natural history of the continent. Seeking the American Tropics tells the stories of the explorers and adventurers who—for better and for worse—helped open the unique environment of South Florida to the world. Beginning with the arrival of Juan Ponce de León in 1513, James Kushlan describes how most of the famous Spanish explorers never made it to South Florida, leaving the area’s rich natural history out of scientific records for the next 250 years. It wasn’t until the British colonial and early American periods that the first surveyors were commissioned and the first naturalists—Titian Peale and John James Audubon—arrived to collect, draw, and report the subtropical flora and fauna that were so unique to North America. Moving into the railroad era, Kushlan illuminates the activities of scientists such as Henry Nehrling and Charles Torrey Simpson alongside the dabbling of wealthy amateur naturalists. He follows the story to the 1920s, when tourism was flourishing and signs of ecological damage were starting to show. Years of wildlife trade, resource extraction, invasive species introduction, and swamp drainage had taken their toll. And many of the naturalists who had been outspoken about protecting South Florida’s environment had also played a part in its destruction. Today the region is among one of the most thoroughly studied places on the planet—but at a cost. In this absorbing and cautionary tale, Kushlan illustrates how exploration has so often trumped conservation throughout history. He exposes how much of the natural world we have already lost in this vivid portrait of the Florida of yesterday.
Egbert B. Birdsall and John Torrey Correspondence, 1827
Author: John Torrey and Abraham Halsey Correspondence
Author: John TorreyPublisher:
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Category : Botanical illustration
Languages : en
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Correspondence from John Torrey to Abraham Halsey, dated 1834, discussing the illustrations Halsey has recently completed for Asa Gray; the genus Salix; and assorted news of friends and colleagues.
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