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Samuel Boykin and John Torrey correspondence, 1835-1847

by: Boykin, Samuel,1786-1848

Publication date: 1835

Collection: nybgtorrey; biodiversity; 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 Samuel Boykin, Sr. to John Torrey, dated 1835-1847, primarily discussing botanical matters, particularly the plants of Georgia, which Boykin ships to Torrey periodically. Between bouts of illness and intense work Boykin lists the plants he has collected or seen, with the occasional digression into matters of their classification under the systems of Nuttall and Lindley. Boykin seems particularly interested in Asclepias. Obsolete and unresolved plant names mentioned include Acerates, Acerates longifolia, Ananthrix connivens, Ananthrix nuttaliana, Ansonia salicifolia, Asclepiadeae, Asclepias labrifolia, Beyricha, Boykinia trispora, Centaurella paniculata, Convolvulus batatas, Eryngium ovalifolium, Hypopitys lanuginosa, Justicia pedunculosa, Lirium, Lobelia paniculata, Neottia odorata, Pogonia divaricata, Pontederia biflora, Pontederia lanceolata, Rhus pumila, Sarracenia variolaris, Scilla esculenta, Tofieldia pubens, Utricularia biflora, and Utricularia fibrosa

Digitized under grant #PW-234827-16 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)

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

Abstract: Correspondence from Samuel Boykin, Sr. to John Torrey, dated 1835-1847, primarily discussing botanical matters, particularly the plants of Georgia, which Boykin ships to Torrey periodically. Between bouts of illness and intense work Boykin lists the plants he has collected or seen, with the occasional digression into matters of their classification under the systems of Nuttall and Lindley. Boykin seems particularly interested in Asclepias. Obsolete and unresolved plant names mentioned include Acerates, Acerates longifolia, Ananthrix connivens, Ananthrix nuttaliana, Ansonia salicifolia, Asclepiadeae, Asclepias labrifolia, Beyricha, Boykinia trispora, Centaurella paniculata, Convolvulus batatas, Eryngium ovalifolium, Hypopitys lanuginosa, Justicia pedunculosa, Lirium, Lobelia paniculata, Neottia odorata, Pogonia divaricata, Pontederia biflora, Pontederia lanceolata, Rhus pumila, Sarracenia variolaris, Scilla esculenta, Tofieldia pubens, Utricularia biflora, and Utricularia fibrosa.