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Theodore C. Hilgard and John Torrey correspondence, 1857

by: Hilgard, Theod. C.(Theodore Charles),1828-1875

Publication date: 1857

Topics: Plants, Hilgard, Theod. C. (Theodore Charles), 1828-1875, Torrey, John, 1796-1873, Durand, Elias, 1794-1873

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 Theodore C. Hilgard to John Torrey, dated May 7, 1857. Hilgard begins by asking Torrey to purchase 10 extra copies of a publication in which his work appears (possibly vol. VI, pt. 3 of the Pacific Railroad Survey Reports, which was published in 1857) and then goes on to describe in detail, with diagrams, a method he has devised for illustrating the relationships between all members of the plant kingdom

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 Theodore C. Hilgard to John Torrey, dated May 7, 1857. Hilgard begins by asking Torrey to purchase 10 extra copies of a publication in which his work appears (possibly vol. VI, pt. 3 of the Pacific Railroad Survey Reports, which was published in 1857) and then goes on to describe in detail, with diagrams, a method he has devised for illustrating the relationships between all members of the plant kingdom.