Internet Archive's in-browser bookreader "theater" requires JavaScript to be enabled. It appears your browser does not have it turned on. Please see your browser settings for this feature.

Plant lists, notes, and correspondence : Fremont expeditions, 1843-1853.

by: Bigelow, John M. (John Milton)

Topics: Fremont, John Charles, 1813-1890., Torrey, John, 1796-1873, Bigelow, John M. (John Milton), 1804-1878., Engelmann, George, 1809-1884., Gray, Asa, 1810-1888., Fremont Expedition (2nd : 1843-1844), Fremont Expedition (3rd : 1845-1847), Scientific expeditions -- West (U.S.), Plants -- West (U.S.)

Collection: biodiversity; NY_Botanical_Garden

Contributor: New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library

Language: English

Rights: New York Botanical Garden

Plant lists, notes, and correspondence, chiefly by John Torrey, for 1843-1853. The lists and notes relate to plants collected on Fremont's 2nd and 3rd expeditions to the American West and Torrey's work identifying and describing the plants. Also included are Asa Gray's notes and correspondence from Asa Gray to John Torrey regarding Fremont's expeditions, a list of explorers who collected plants in the American West, and a list of camps during an exploration for a railroad route from Arkansas to California in 1853 by John Milton Bigelow.