Details - Flora of Mount Desert annotated catalogue of plants

Flora of Mount Desert annotated catalogue of plants

Title

Flora of Mount Desert annotated catalogue of plants

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Contained In: Merritt Lyndon Fernald papers, 1887-1951, bulk 1887-1934

Series: Biodiversity Heritage Library Field Notes Project

Series: Gaspe Peninsula Collecting Trips project

External Resources

Collection guide: Merritt Lyndon Fernald papers, 1887-1951, bulk 1887-1934. Harvard University Botany Libraries

By

Fernald, Merritt Lyndon, 1873-1950 , author

Rand, Edward L. (Edward Lothrop), 1859-1924 , Flora of Mount Desert Island

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

[1905?]

Notes

New England botanists, Merritt Lyndon Fernald of Harvard University and James Franklin Collins, of Brown University, often made short summer trips to the Gaspe area beginning in 1904 and continuing through 1923. Other noted botanists joined them on these trips which yielded new and interesting plant material. The Gaspe Peninsula Collecting Trips Project is a composite of materials from several archival collections and consists of field notes, maps, photographs, correspondence, and other items. The material provides insights into the challenges of early 20th century plant collecting, documents the flora of the region, and is frequently consulted by researchers interested in the Gaspe region.

Fernald's copy of Edward L. Rand's Flora of Mount Desert Island published in 1894. Includes only pages 75-190 and is interleaved and heavily annotated. Date of annotations is unknown; possible date taken from verso of the cover.