John Loomis Blodgett and John Torrey correspondence, 1845

Related Titles

Related/Analytical: New York Botanical Garden Archives

Series: John Torrey papers, series 1, correspondence

By

Blodgett, John Loomis, 1809-1853

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Collection

Material

Archival material

Publication info

Notes

Correspondence from John Loomis Blodgett to John Torrey, dated 1845, discussing his most recent plant collecting expedition through Florida. After a colorful description of the physical conditions and trials involved-- heat, mosquitos and illness, culminating in an episode of hemoptysis-- Blodgett lists and describes a number of the plants he has found.

In English.

Subjects

Asclepiadaceae , Batis maritima , Blodgett, John Loomis, 1809-1853 , Botanical specimens , Calyceraceae , Cocos nucifera , Collection and preservation , Convolvulaceae , Correspondence , Cyperaceae , Eugenia , Euphorbiaceae , Florida , Gramineae , Nymphaea , Pinguicula , Plant collecting , Plants , Roystonea regia , Rubiaceae , Torrey, John, 1796-1873 , Turneraceae , Utricularia

BHL Collections

John Torrey Papers

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 974819420