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.

Book no. 1, H.A. Allard, field collection specimen no. 1-1710

by: Allard, H. A. (Harry Ardell), 1880-1963

Publication date: 1930

Topics: Botany, Botanists

Collection: sifieldbooks; biodiversity

Contributor: Smithsonian Institution Archives

Language: English

restrictions: At least 24 hours advance notice is recommended to consult this collection. Contact the Department of Botany at 202-633-0920 to make an appointment.

The item consists of a list of Allard's specimen no. 1-1710 collected in the course of his work in Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia from 1930-1936. Dated specimen entries include locality, scientific name, and notes regarding growing conditions. The item also includes a newspaper clipping dated Sunday, September 29, 1946 from The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C. entitled "Harry A. Allard, 66, to retire; co-discovered botanical law". The article gives biographical information on Allard and photoperiodism upon his retirement from the USDA. For more information on localities, see Book 18 of the same collection

Abstract: The item consists of a list of Allard"s specimen no. 1-1710 collected in the course of his work in Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia from 1930-1936. Dated specimen entries include locality, scientific name, and notes regarding growing conditions. The item also includes a newspaper clipping dated Sunday, September 29, 1946 from The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C. entitled "Harry A. Allard, 66, to retire; co-discovered botanical law". The article gives biographical information on Allard and photoperiodism upon his retirement from the USDA. For more information on localities, see Book 18 of the same collection.