Correspondence of Frank Weinberg, 1901-1912.

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Correspondence of Frank Weinberg, 1901-1912.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122499660

The collection consists of letters discussing mainly botanical information, especially on cacti, orchids, and rare plants. There are numerous letters from Joseph Nelson Rose, associate curator of the U.S. National Museum at the Smithsonian Institution.

56 pieces.1 red rope case.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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SNAC Resource ID: 6736952

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Weinberg, Frank F.

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Frank Weinberg, specialized in cacti, orchids, and rare plants. He was proprietor of a nursery business in Long Island, NY, until 1911, when he came to Hollywood, CA, to work as horticulturalist on the Holmby Hills estate of Arthur Letts, Sr. From the description of Correspondence of Frank Weinberg, 1901-1912. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122499660 ...

Rose, J. N. (Joseph Nelson), 1862-1928

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Joseph Nelson Rose (1862-1928), botanist, was born on a farm near Liberty, Indiana, on January 11, 1862. In 1881, he entered Wabash College, graduating with an A.B. in 1885. Rose stayed on at Wabash College as its first post-graduate student. In 1888 he came to Washington, D.C., as assistant botanist in the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). When the National Herbarium reorganized in 1896 and was transferred to the Smithsonian Institution, he became assistant curator, and later asso...