Asa Gray collection, 1871-1885.

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Asa Gray collection, 1871-1885.

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Collection consists of a brief, signed, holograph note concerning the species "viola sagittata", a signed portrait carte de visite dated March 21, 1876, and two short letters on folded stationary embossed with "Botanic Garden, Cambridge, Mass." The first letter, dated Nov. 10, 1871, is addressed to Mr. Bennett and concerns a lecture given by Gray; the second, undated, is to Mr. MacMillan requesting a copy of Cooke's "Handbook of British Fungi". Also included are a brief letter to Charles Sprague Sargent, dated June 22, 1885, which refers to a species of ash trees along the "southern borders of Mexico," and a brief thank-you note to a "Dr. Potts," dated June 16, 1853.

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University of Michigan

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University of Michigan

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Gray, Asa, 1810-1888

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Often called the “Father of American Botany,” Asa Gray was instrumental in establishing systematic botany as a field of study at Harvard University and, to some extent, in the United States. His relationships with European and North American botanists and collectors enabled him to serve as a central clearing house for the identification of plants from newly explored areas of North America. He also served as a link between American and European botanical sciences. Gray regularly reviewed new Euro...

Sargent, Charles Sprague, 1841-1927

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Sargent graduated from Harvard in 1862, taught horticulture at Harvard and was director of the Arnold Arboretum. From the description of Papers of Charles Sprague Sargent, 1862-1879 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972874 Dendrologist, first director of Arnold Arboretum, and professor of agriculture, 1879-1927. From the description of [Horticultural list and autograph], n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 55531532 S...