Correspondence : Syme (George) and Engelmann (George), 1879

By

Syme, G. (George), 1844-

Type

Collection

Material

Archival material

Publication info

Notes

Incoming correspondence to George Engelmann from George Syme, for 1879. A copy of a correspondence sent to Joseph Hooker from George Syme. The correspondence relates to detailed discussion of classifications of Abies species, comparisons of Lowiana concolor of Southern Colorado and Sierras, grandis, Douglasii from Southern Colorado and Northern California. Engelmann's classification of Pinus ponderosa from Colorado, Oregon, and the Russian River in California, Benthamia, Jeffreyi compared with ponderosa. Pinus contorta raised from seed from Pacific coast compared with Dolanderi and Murrayanta, muricata and insignis, pugens of Wind River Mts. in Montana; Abies Engelmannia, memziesii on 49th parallel and Cascade Mts.

Folder contains original letter.

Subjects

(George), , 1809-1884 , 1817-1911 , 1844- , Abies , Abies lowiana , Benthamia , California , California, Northern , Cascade Range , Colorado , Correspondence , Engelmann, George, , Fagaceae , Hooker, Joseph Dalton, , Letters , Orchidaceae , Oregon , Picea engelmannii , Pinaceae , Pinus contorta , Pinus jeffreyi , Pinus muricata , Pinus ponderosa , Pinus radiata , Plants , Quercus douglasii , Russian River , Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.) , Syme, G , Wind River Range , Wyoming

BHL Collections

Engelmann Papers, Missouri Botanical Garden

Call Number

Archives Collection 1 RG 4/1/5/1

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 872652581