Elias Durand and John Torrey correspondence, 1832-1866

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Durand, Elias, 1794-1873

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Correspondence from Elias Durand (born Elie Magloire Durand in Mayenne, France) to John Torrey, dated 1832-1866. Durand and Torrey's correspondence begins with a formal letter from Durand, who was corresponding secretary of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, informing Torrey that he has been elected an honorary member of that organization. A month later an exchange of letters, specimens, and publications has begun, and Durand is encouraging Torrey to take on the task of a flora of the entire United States. For his part Durand is determined to compile a complete collection of North American specimens in his herbarium, with the ultimate goal of donating it to an institution in France: "I have not lost hope of retiring to my native country and when I do, I must be able to show them there the vegetable wealth of America." Unlike many of Torrey's correspondents, Durand is extremely understanding of Torrey's long letter-writing gaps: "I know too well how to appreciate your multifarious occupations, to impute your long silence to intentional neglect," he writes in 1839; when, after a particularly long silence Torrey sends a particularly extravagant "peace offering" of specimens with promises of more to come, Durand admonishes him, "Do not offer a new olive branch to one who has never ceased to cultivate in his bosom ... any other sentiments toward you but those of respectful friendship." Durand does a great deal of work recruiting subscribers to Torrey's Flora, passing on regular installments of money along with botanical questions and gossip. In later years Durand writes of his own publications with excitement, playfully referring to the Plantae Heermannianae as "Durand & Higard's botanical sport." Obsolete or disputed plant names mentioned include Asagraea, Brodiaea congesta, Carya buckleyi, Corylus rostrata, Deweya, Doichos pruriens, Durandia, Empetrum conradii, Gardoquia hookeri, Herpestis pilosa, Hosackia, Nuttallia cerasiformis, Obione, Oenothera biloba, Orthorrh

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Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia , Agrimonia , American Philosophical Society , Araceae , Atriplex , Barratt, Joseph, 1796-1882 , Bastard, T. (Toussaint), 1784-1846 , Beckwith, E. G. (Edward Griffin), 1818-1881 , Bentham, George, 1800-1884 , Botanical specimens , Brodiaea , Buckley, S. B. (Samuel Botsford), 1809-1884 , Caltha , Calycadenia fremontii , Carya texana , Cerastium , Chapman, A. W. (Alvan Wentworth), 1809-1899 , Chlorogalum pomeridianum , Clarkia biloba , Clinopodium coccineum , Corema conradii , Cornus , Correspondence , Corydalis aurea , Corylus cornuta , Cucurbitaceae , Curtis, M. A. (Moses Ashley), 1808-1872 , Cuscuta , Darlington, William, 1782-1863 , Decaisne, Joseph, 1807-1882 , Des Moulins, Charles, 1798-1875 , Dichelostemma congestum , Dirca palustris , Dryopteris , Ducatel, Julius Timoleon, 1796-1849 , Durand, Elias, 1794-1873 , Eaton, Daniel Cady, 1834-1895 , Echeandia tenuifolia , Engelmann, George, 1809-1884 , Epilobium , Eriogonum , Euphorbia , Flora of North America , Flora of the southern United States , Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890 , Fritillaria , Gay, Jacques Étienne, 1786-1864 , Gray, Asa, 1810-1888 , Hale, Josiah, approximately 1791-1856 , Hastingsia alba , Heermann, A. L. (Adolphus L.) , Herbarium , Heubener, A. L., 1806-1870 , Hilgard, Theod. C. (Theodore Charles), 1828-1875 , Ilex laevigata , Ives, J. C , James, Thomas Potts, 1803-1882 , Jameson, William, 1796-1873 , Jussieu, Antoine Laurent de, 1748-1836 , Le Conte, John Eatton, 1784-1860 , Lea, Thomas G. (Thomas Gibson), 1785-1844 , Lotus , Lysimachia quadrifolia , Melilotus , Michaux, François André, 1770-1855 , Mimetanthe pilosa , Mimulus , Monardella , Monolopia , Mucuna pruriens , Nicollet, J. N. (Joseph Nicolas), 1786-1843 , Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859 , Oemleria cerasiformis , Oenethera ciloba , Parry, C. C. (Charles Christopher), 1823-1890 , Peter, Robert, 1805-1894 , Petrorhagia prolifera , Philadelphia College of Pharmacy (1822-1921) , Pickering, Charles, 1805-1878 , Plantae Heermannianae , Plantae Prattenianae Californicae , Polygalaceae , Pope, John, 1822-1892 , Prunus , Quillaja saponaria , Rafinesque, C. S. (constantine Samuel), 1783-1840 , Rafinesquia , Rhynchosia , Riddell, John Leonard, 1807-1867 , Ruschenberger, W. S. W. (William Samuel Waithman), , Salvia lyrata , Saxifraga , Schoenocaulon , Scutellaria , Sericocarpus , Short, Charles Wilkins, 1794-1863 , Sisymbrium officinale , Solanaceae , Stachys , Thouin, André, 1747-1824 , Thurber, George, 1821-1890 , Torrey, John, 1796-1873 , Triteleia laxa , United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842) , United States Pacific Railroad Expeditions and Sur , Vaccinium tenellum , Veratrum , Vicia , Vites Boreali-Americanae , Vitis , Whipple, Amiel Weeks, 1817?-1863 , Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877 , Williamson, R. S. (Robert Stockton), 1824-1882 , Wolle, Christian Jacob, 1788-1863 , Woodhouse, S. W. (Samuel Washington), 1821-1904 , Wray, Thomas Jarram, 1781-1851 , Wright, Charles, 1811-1885

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OCLC: 995850603