Manuscripts by Oakes Ames, 1900?-1915 (inclusive).

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Manuscripts by Oakes Ames, 1900?-1915 (inclusive).

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Consists of two manuscripts pertaining to orchids of the Philippines. One is a draft of an article published in 1907, there other, titled: New species, new combinations and additions to the orchid flora of the Philippines was prepared for Ames' work Orchidaceae (1915) but differs from the published work in scope and arrangement.

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Ames, Oakes, 1874-1950

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Born in North Easton, Massachusetts on September 26, 1874, Oakes Ames was the son of Massachusetts Governor Oliver Ames. He received a bachelor's degree from Harvard in 1898, followed by a master's degree in 1900. Ames had a lengthy and distinguished career as a botanist, including serving as supervisor of the Arnold Arboretum from 1927-1937 and as the Arboretum's second director from 1937 to 1945. He was also a professor of botany at Harvard University. Ames died in Ormond, Florida on April 30,...