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Nathaniel Wilson and John Torrey correspondence, 1862

by: Wilson, Nathaniel, 1809-1874

Publication date: 1862

Topics: Botanical specimens, Bast, Cinchona, Plant fibers, Botany, Wilson, Nathaniel, 1809-1874 -- Correspondence, Torrey, John, 1796-1873 -- Correspondence, Allen, Timothy Field, 1837-1902, Gray, Asa, 1810-1888, Botany -- Jamaica -- 19th century

Collection: nybgtorrey; biodiversity; NY_Botanical_Garden

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

Language: English

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Correspondence from Nathaniel Wilson to John Torrey, dated June 24, 1862. Wilson's letter accompanies a packet of Jamaican ferns. After a few pleasantries, Wilson embarks on a series of complaints regarding the state of the island's management. "Our Botanical matters are all but at a stand still," he laments. He goes on to describe his experiments in cultivating cinchona and cotton

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 Nathaniel Wilson to John Torrey, dated June 24, 1862. Wilson's letter accompanies a packet of Jamaican ferns. After a few pleasantries, Wilson embarks on a series of complaints regarding the state of the island's management. 'Our Botanical matters are all but at a stand still,' he laments. He goes on to describe his experiments in cultivating cinchona and cotton.