Papers, [ca. 1905-1934]

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Papers, [ca. 1905-1934]

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Eight of the notebooks consist largely of annotated clippings on horticultural subjects, ca.1905. The other two notebooks contain lecture notes and handouts from general botany courses offered by the Horticultural Society of New York in 1933-1934. Also included is correspondence, 1909, concerning the chestnut blight, from the Forest Park Reservation Commission of New Jersey, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry; and the New York Botanical Garden.

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