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Charles Pickering and John Torrey correspondence, 1833-1836

by: Pickering, Charles, 1805-1878

Publication date: 1833

Topics: Botanical specimens, Cyperaceae, Cyperus, Eupatorium, Plants, Rutaceae, Pickering, Charles, 1805-1878 -- Correspondence, Torrey, John, 1796-1873 -- Correspondence, Torrey, John, 1796-1873. Monograph of North American Cyperaceae, Bachelot de La Pylaie, Jean-Marie, 1786-1856, Baldwin, William, 1779-1819, Barratt, Joseph, 1796-1882, Barton, William P. C. (William Paul Crillon), 1786-1856, Brown, Robert, 1773-1858, Carson, Joseph, 1808-1876, Collins, Zaccheus, 1764-1831, Dewey, Chester, 1784-1867, Dickehut, H. F., active 1834, Elliott, Stephen, 1771-1830, Gray, Asa, 1810-1888, Gray, Asa, 1810-1888. Monograph of the North American species of Rhynchospora, Hooker, William Jackson, Sir, 1785-1865, Michaux, François André, 1770-1855, Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859, Pursh, Frederick, 1774-1820, Schlechtendal, D. F. L. von (Diedrich Franz Leonhard von), 1794-1866, Schweinitz, Lewis David von, 1780-1834, Wyeth, Nathaniel J. (Nathaniel Jarvis), 1802-1856, American Philosophical Society, New York (State). Natural History Survey, Plants -- United States

Collection: biodiversity; nybgtorrey; NY_Botanical_Garden

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

Language: English

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Correspondence from Charles Pickering to John Torrey, dated 1833-1836, first discussing Torrey's 1833 trip to Europe, and subsequently a wide swath of their mutual acquaintances and plant specimens. Pickering has a habit of dropping partial names without context, like "LeConte's brother," "Cooper," Dr. Jay," "Mr. Rich," and "Dr. Green." Obsolete and unresolved plant names mentioned include Aurantiaceae, Avena striata, Dalibarda lobata, Diplasia, Scolopendrium, and Trisetum palustre

John Torrey Papers (PP), Archives, The New York Botanical Garden

Digitized under grant #PW-234827-16 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), with additional support from Carnegie Corporation of New York

Finding aid for the John Torrey papers available from the LuEsther T. Mertz Library, New York Botanical Garden and online

Abstract: Correspondence from Charles Pickering to John Torrey, dated 1833-1836, first discussing Torrey's 1833 trip to Europe, and subsequently a wide swath of their mutual acquaintances and plant specimens. Pickering has a habit of dropping partial names without context, like 'LeConte's brother,' 'Cooper,' Dr. Jay,' 'Mr. Rich,' and 'Dr. Green.' Obsolete and unresolved plant names mentioned include Aurantiaceae, Avena striata, Dalibarda lobata, Diplasia, Scolopendrium, and Trisetum palustre.