Title
T. Charlton Henry and John Torrey correspondence, 1854
Related Titles
Related/Analytical:
New York Botanical Garden Archives
Series:
John Torrey papers, series 1, correspondence
By
Henry, T. Charlton (Thomas Charlton) 1825-1877
Type
Collection
Material
Archival material
Publication info
Notes
Correspondence from T. Charlton Henry to John Torrey, dated 1854, discussing his present posting as assistant army surgeon at Fort Thorn in New Mexico, and the limited botanical opportunities it offers. "I have passed so much of my time among the bears and foxes that every plant tho' unfamiliar by name is yet so by sight," he writes. He adds, "You are probably aware that almost all my plants &c. have to be collected as it were with finger on trigger..." At the end of the letter Henry includes 3 small pencil sketches of the flower of an unidentified plant he is sending Torrey. Obsolete plant name Hypoxis erecta is mentioned.
In English.
Subjects
Anna's hummingbird
,
Botanical specimens
,
Correspondence
,
Datura stramonium
,
Doña Ana County
,
Helianthus annuus
,
Henry, T. Charlton (Thomas Charlton) 1825-1877
,
Hypoxis hirsuta
,
Malva
,
New Mexico
,
Plants
,
Potamogeton
,
Ribes
,
Salix
,
Torrey, John, 1796-1873
BHL Collections
John Torrey Papers
Language
English
Identifiers
OCLC:
1011593465
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