Author: Robert Kaye Greville
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Languages : en
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Robert Kaye Greville and John Torrey Correspondence, 1820-1849
Robert Kaye Greville and John Torrey Correspondence
Author: Robert Kaye Greville
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Category : Algae
Languages : en
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Correspondence from Robert Kaye Greville to John Torrey, dated 1820-1849. Greville's first letter, dated Novembr 9, 1820, marks the beginning of his correspondence with Torrey; still a medical student, he thanks Torrey for a gift of plant specimens and assures him he will be happy to correspond with him. While Greville does discuss issues of plant identification, his real obsession is botanical literature. His letters are packed with news of the latest publications, and the details of major illustrated works. "You would be surprized [sic] if you knew the disadvantages I labor under in Edinburgh," he writes in 1824. "There is no public library that cares a sixpence for botany. I am obligated to buy all the works I use; and often am as late in seeing things probably as you are." A few years later, Greville is able to discuss his own works, and those he collaborates on, particularly with William Jackson Hooker. In his last letter, dated 1849 and written after a long period of silence between the correspondents, Greville tells Torrey he has gotten rid of his "phaenogamous" plant specimens and is concentrating on the cryptogamia, when he isn't collecting freshwater and land molluscs and working as an artist. Obsolete plant names mentioned include Canna viridiflora and Erica mediterranea.
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Category : Algae
Languages : en
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Correspondence from Robert Kaye Greville to John Torrey, dated 1820-1849. Greville's first letter, dated Novembr 9, 1820, marks the beginning of his correspondence with Torrey; still a medical student, he thanks Torrey for a gift of plant specimens and assures him he will be happy to correspond with him. While Greville does discuss issues of plant identification, his real obsession is botanical literature. His letters are packed with news of the latest publications, and the details of major illustrated works. "You would be surprized [sic] if you knew the disadvantages I labor under in Edinburgh," he writes in 1824. "There is no public library that cares a sixpence for botany. I am obligated to buy all the works I use; and often am as late in seeing things probably as you are." A few years later, Greville is able to discuss his own works, and those he collaborates on, particularly with William Jackson Hooker. In his last letter, dated 1849 and written after a long period of silence between the correspondents, Greville tells Torrey he has gotten rid of his "phaenogamous" plant specimens and is concentrating on the cryptogamia, when he isn't collecting freshwater and land molluscs and working as an artist. Obsolete plant names mentioned include Canna viridiflora and Erica mediterranea.
The Correspondence of Schweinitz and Torrey
Author: Lewis David von Schweinitz
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Languages : en
Pages : 202
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Languages : en
Pages : 202
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Robert Graham and John Torrey Correspondence, 1836
Robert Peter and John Torrey Correspondence, 1836
Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club
Author: Torrey Botanical Club
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Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 364
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Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 364
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Robert Caspary and John Torrey Correspondence, 1858
R. Eglesfield Griffith and John Torrey Correspondence
Author: Robert Eglesfeld Griffith
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Category : Piperaceae
Languages : en
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Correspondence from R. Eglesfield Griffith to John Torrey, dated 1847, informing Torrey of the publication of his book Medical Botany and that it is dedicated to him and Asa Gray.
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Category : Piperaceae
Languages : en
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Correspondence from R. Eglesfield Griffith to John Torrey, dated 1847, informing Torrey of the publication of his book Medical Botany and that it is dedicated to him and Asa Gray.
Robert Craighead and John Torrey Correspondence
Author: Robert Craighead
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Category : Proofs (Printing)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Correspondence from Robert Craighead, printer, to John Torrey, dated September 30, [1852 or 1853], discussing the resumption of work on Torrey's Plantæ frémontianæ. Craighead says his print shop only has the first five pages of proofs and asks Torrey to send the rest.
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Category : Proofs (Printing)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Correspondence from Robert Craighead, printer, to John Torrey, dated September 30, [1852 or 1853], discussing the resumption of work on Torrey's Plantæ frémontianæ. Craighead says his print shop only has the first five pages of proofs and asks Torrey to send the rest.
Robert Craighead and John Torrey Correspondence
Author: Robert Craighead
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Category : Proofs (Printing)
Languages : en
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Correspondence from Robert Craighead, printer, to John Torrey, dated September 30, [1852 or 1853], discussing the resumption of work on Torrey's Plantæ frémontianæ. Craighead says his print shop only has the first five pages of proofs and asks Torrey to send the rest.
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Category : Proofs (Printing)
Languages : en
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Correspondence from Robert Craighead, printer, to John Torrey, dated September 30, [1852 or 1853], discussing the resumption of work on Torrey's Plantæ frémontianæ. Craighead says his print shop only has the first five pages of proofs and asks Torrey to send the rest.