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H.P. Sartwell and John Torrey correspondence, 1837-1853

by: Sartwell, H. P. (Henry Parker), 1792-1867

Publication date: 1837

Topics: Botanical specimens, Carex, Compositae, Cyperaceae, Sartwell, H. P. (Henry Parker), 1792-1867 -- Correspondence, Torrey, John, 1796-1873 -- Correspondence, Aiken, William E.A. (William Edward Augustin), 1807-1888, Agardh, C. A. (Carl Adolf), 1785-1859, Barratt, Joseph, 1796-1882, Beck, Lewis C. (Lewis Caleb), 1798-1853, Bigelow, Jacob, 1786-1879, Bigelow, John M. (John Milton), 1804-1878, Buckley, S. B. (Samuel Botsford), 1809-1884, Carey, John, 1797-1880, Chapman, A. W. (Alvan Wentworth), 1809-1899, Delessert, Benjamin, baron, 1773-1847, Dewey, Chester, 1784-1867, Eaton, Amos, 1776-1842, Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890, Gray, Asa, 1810-1888, Hooker, William Jackson, Sir, 1785-1865, Knieskern, Peter D., 1798-1871, Lindley, John, 1799-1865, Schkuhr, Christian, 1741-1811, Smithsonian Institution, Wiley & Putnam, United States and Mexican Boundary Survey, United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842)

Collection: biodiversity; nybgtorrey; NY_Botanical_Garden

Digitizing sponsor: NEH PW-234827-16

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

Language: English

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Correspondence from H.P. Sartwell to John Torrey, dated 1837-1853, discussing numerous plant specimens and many of their botanical colleagues. The genera Carex and Salix occupy the bulk of his attention. Obsolete and unresolved plant names mentioned include Actinomeris, Bidens petiolata, Carex setacea, Hibiscus manihot, Nelumbium, Sagittaria heterophylla, Sarracenia heterophylla, and Valeriana sylvatica

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 H.P. Sartwell to John Torrey, dated 1837-1853, discussing numerous plant specimens and many of their botanical colleagues. The genera Carex and Salix occupy the bulk of his attention. Obsolete and unresolved plant names mentioned include Actinomeris, Bidens petiolata, Carex setacea, Hibiscus manihot, Nelumbium, Sagittaria heterophylla, Sarracenia heterophylla, and Valeriana sylvatica.