Title
Correspondence : Canby (William Marriott) and Engelmann (George), 1862-1883
By
Canby, William Marriott, 1831-1904
Type
Collection
Material
Archival material
Publication info
Notes
Incoming correspondence to George Engelmann from William Marriott Canby, for 1862-1883. The correspondence relates to the collections for Engelmann and exchange of specimens. Discussions of systemization and names. Dr. Chapman being deprived of position as collector of Port of Apalachicola, Florida. Map of New Castle area and description of geography of area in letter of 11-27-1866. Letter of 6-16-1866 addressed to Elias Durand.
Plants mentioned: Cuscuta, Isoetes, Pinus, Sagittaria and Juncus from the locations Pine Barrens in New Jersey, New Castle County, and eastern shore of Maryland; Isoetes from the Wimico River (Maryland), Belleville, Canada West, Cape Fear River, Pocono Mts., Stone Mt., St. John's River, Harpers Ferry, Colorado, Pike's, Peak, Stone Mt., Georgia; Baptisia, particularly in Florida; Lemna, Carya (Folder 3 only), Boltonia, from Mts. of Peru; Amianthus from Stone, Mt.; Wolffia, Equisetum, Solidago, Vitis, Saccharata, in Salisbury, Maryland; Pachistima from mountains of southwest Virginia; Taxodium from St. John's River; Potamogeton, Nuphar sagittarifolia from Eagle Island. Habitat/species relationships with good plant descriptions throughout series.
Folder contains original letters.
Subjects
(Alvan Wentworth),
,
(Charles Christopher),
,
(Henry Nicholas),
,
(Henry Parker),
,
(James Watson)
,
(Joseph Hinson),
,
(Michael Schuck),
,
(Thomas Conrad),
,
1784-1867
,
1792-1867
,
1794-1873
,
1796-1878
,
1801-1879
,
1805-1886
,
1809-1884
,
1809-1899
,
1810-1888
,
1813-1883
,
1815-1895
,
1816-1877
,
1822-1882
,
1822-1901
,
1823-1890
,
1829-1903
,
1829-1919
,
1831-1897
,
1831-1904
,
1831-1920
,
1833-1895
,
1844-1868
,
-1898
,
Alismataceae
,
Baptisia
,
Bebb, M. S
,
Bolander, Henry N
,
Boltonia
,
Boott, William,
,
Botanical specimens
,
Botryosphaeriaceae
,
Canby, William Marriott,
,
Carya
,
Catalogs and collections
,
Celastraceae
,
Chapman, A. W
,
Commons, Albert,
,
Compositae
,
Convovulaceae
,
Correspondence
,
Cupressaceae
,
Cuscuta
,
Dewey, Chester,
,
Durand, Elias,
,
Durieu de Maisonneuve, Michel Charles,
,
Engelmann, George,
,
Equisetaceae
,
Equisetum
,
Fendler, Augustus,
,
Gray, Asa,
,
Hall, Elihu,
,
Isoetaceae
,
Isoetes
,
Juglandaceae
,
Juncaceae
,
Juncus
,
Leguminosae
,
Lemna
,
Lemnaceae
,
Letters
,
Macoun, John,
,
Mann, Horace,
,
Maps
,
Mellichamp, J. H
,
New Castle County (Del.)
,
Nuphar sagittifolia
,
Nymphaeaceae
,
Parlatore, Filippo,
,
Parry, C. C
,
Paxistima
,
Pinaceae
,
Pinus
,
Porter, Thomas C
,
Potamogeton
,
Potamogetonaceae
,
Redfield, John Howard,
,
Robbins, J. W
,
Saccharata
,
Sagittaria
,
Sartwell, H. P
,
Solidago
,
Tatnall, Edward,
,
Taxodium
,
Vitaceae
,
Vitis
,
Wolffia
BHL Collections
Engelmann Papers, Missouri Botanical Garden
Call Number
Archives Collection 1 RG 4/1/5/1
Language
English
Identifiers
OCLC:
855862061
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