Arnold Arboretum Early Plant Accession Records, 1872-1899: Guide.

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Arnold Arboretum Early Plant Accession Records, 1872-1899: Guide.

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This collection contains the earliest versions of the Arnold Arboretum's plant record system that includes a standardized accession number assigned to every plant on the grounds for use in tracking its name and origin. The accession numbers and dates of each volume overlap; highest accession numbers vary between 3,274 and 3,663. The period covered usually begins with 1872 and ends between 1874 and 1899; however annotations to the original entries in some books extend well into the early 1900s.

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Harvard University, Botany Libraries

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