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Philip Whiteside Maclagen and John Torrey correspondence, 1843

by: Maclagen, Philip Whiteside,1818-1892

Publication date: 1843

Topics: Botanical specimens, Plants, Maclagen, Philip Whiteside, 1818-1892, Torrey, John, 1796-1873, Balfour, John Hutton, 1808-1884, Douglas, David, 1799-1834, Graham, Robert, 1786-1845, Gray, Asa, 1810-1888, Pursh, Frederick, 1774-1820

Collection: biodiversity; nybgtorrey; NY_Botanical_Garden

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

Language: English

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

Correspondence from Scots military surgeon Philip Whiteside Maclagen to John Torrey, dated 1843, offering to send Torrey plants from his posting in Canada. He also mentions that he is in possession of Douglas' copy of Pursh's "Flora" and offers to transcribe the marginalia for Torrey if he would like. Obsolete plant names mentioned include Silene inflata

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 Scots military surgeon Philip Whiteside Maclagen to John Torrey, dated 1843, offering to send Torrey plants from his posting in Canada. He also mentions that he is in possession of Douglas' copy of Pursh's 'Flora' and offers to transcribe the marginalia for Torrey if he would like. Obsolete plant names mentioned include Silene inflata.