Papers of Henry Knute Svenson, 1930-1983 (bulk).

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Papers of Henry Knute Svenson, 1930-1983 (bulk).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/269373189

Contains professional and some personal correspondence, research notes, plant specimens, original sketches, photographs, reprints, scrapbooks, and maps.

2 linear ft. and 4 scrapbooks.

Harvard University, Gray Herbarium

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SNAC Resource ID: 7172771

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New England Botanical Club.

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Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

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The idea of Forsythia Day was spurred by Mrs. Edward C. Blum to plant forsythias to enhance the beauty of Brooklyn. Brooklyn Borough president Cashmore proclaimed forsythia the official flower of Brooklyn in 1940. Forsythia Day is celebrated in April when the flowers blossom. From the description of Forsythia Day collection, 1940-1980, 1940-1957 (bulk) (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155451985 Teatown Lake Reservation and Kitchawan Field Station were outreach stations of Broo...

Svenson, Henry K.

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Henry Knute Svenson (1897-1986) (Harvard, Ph.D. 1929) was curator of Brooklyn Botanical Garden, N.Y., 1930-1946, and chief botanist for the Vincent Astor Expedition to the Galapagos Islands in 1930; curator in forestry and botany at American Museum of Natural History in N.Y., 1946- . Svenson also co-authored a guide to flora of Cape Cod (1979). From the description of Papers of Henry Knute Svenson, 1930-1983 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269373189 ...