Letter, 1899, Nov. 23, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island,to Anna Metcalf, Providence, R.I.

Gray, Asa, 1810-1888

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Often called the “Father of American Botany,” Asa Gray was instrumental in establishing systematic botany as a field of study at Harvard University and, to some extent, in the United States. His relationships with European and North American botanists and collectors enabled him to serve as a central clearing house for the identification of plants from newly explored areas of North America. He also served as a link between American and European botanical sciences. Gray regularly reviewed new Euro...

Metcalf, Anna Louise, 1874-1952,

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Brecken, de St. C., F.

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