Title
Correspondence : Baker (John) and Engelmann (George), 1870-1873
By
Baker, John Gilbert, 1834-1920
Type
Collection
Material
Archival material
Publication info
Notes
Incoming correspondence to George Engelmann from John Gilbert Baker, for 1870-1873. The correspondence relates to Mr. Wilson Saunders establishing Refugium Botanicum with intentions of a yearly publication. Mr. Saunder's bankruptcy and collections dispersed. Extensive discussion of Yucca and related plants and their study in England being in a cloudy state. Statement that Engelmann misinformed about Yucca treculeana Carriere. Set of Yucca specimens cultivated in England forwarded through Smithsonian. Plant naming rules.
Folder contains original letters.
Subjects
(Charles Christopher), , (Heinrich Gustav), , (William Wilson), , 1809-1879 , 1809-1884 , 1810-1888 , 1821-1916 , 1823-1890 , 1824-1889 , 1834-1920 , Adair, John , Agave , Asparagaceae , Baker, John Gilbert, , Botanical specimens , Correspondence , Crassulaceae , Echeveria , Ellacombe, Henry Nicholson, , Engelmann, George, , Gray, Asa, , Ledebouria , Letters , Liliaceae , Nomenclature , Parry, C. C , Plants , Reichenbach, H. G , Saunders, W. Wilson , Scilla , Sedum , Yucca , Yucca treculeana
BHL Collections
Engelmann Papers, Missouri Botanical Garden
Call Number
Archives Collection 1 RG 4/1/5/1
Language
English
Identifiers
OCLC:
849507738