Diary, 1833.

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Diary, 1833.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/60863301

Diary, 1833, kept during a trip to Europe. It includes references to Torrey's "natural system" of botanical classification. The collection also contains some correspondence related to the material, dated 1938.

1 linear in.

New-York Historical Society

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Torrey, John, 1796-1873

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John Torrey (1796-1873) was one of the greatest figures in American botanical history. He led botanists in the adoption of the natural system of classification. His extensive herbarium became the foundation of the New York Botanical Garden Herbarium. Appointed botanist for the Geological Survey of the State of New York in 1836, he published the first compete flora of the state in addition to preparing descriptions of plants collected during surveys for the Pacific railroad routes, the...