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Correspondence of Elizabeth Atwater and G. W.
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The Correspondence of Elizabeth Atwater (1812‑1878) and George William Clinton (1807‑1885) Edited by P. M. Eckel, P.O. Box 299, Missouri Botanical
Garden, St. Louis, Missouri, 63166‑0299; email: mailto:patricia.eckel@mobot.org Specimens
of Elizabeth Atwater curated Specimens in the Clinton Herbarium were sporadically computerized
at various times during the 1980's and 1990's. The fern collections in the
General Herbarium (as opposed to the Local Herbarium or specimens from New
York State and Ontario, Canada) were computerized, as were most of the
grasses, hepatics and around half of the moss collections. The following
unedited data is presented to supplement the information posted in the letters Elizabeth Atwater sent to George Clinton,
founder and developer of the herbarium that bears his name, from 1867 to
1879. Many other specimens in this collection are yet to be added to the
database. Such information may also be correlated with
computerized collections of Atwater's specimens at the Chicago Academy of
Science and other institutions. The Clinton Herbarium is presently the ninth oldest
continuously owned herbarium in the United States and is one of the cultural
treasures of the City of Buffalo, New York. Achillea millefolium L. USA New York Trenton Falls, N.Y." [Handwritten location" is
unclear.] Mm. E.E. Atwater Aug. 27, 1864 Herbarium number: 30040 Adiantum capillus‑veneris L. France Alpes‑Maritimes from Mentone. [label handwritten]. Elizabeth E. Atwater Herbarium number: 34111 Adiantum jordani C. Mull. USA [California] Cal. Wm. E. E. Atwater 1873 Herbarium number: 34160 Adiantum chilense Kaulf. Aira elongata Hook. USA California California. General Herbarium. Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. ex coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N. Y. Mm. E. E. Atwater
1873 Herbarium number: 761 Anthoceros laciniatus Schw. USA Florida "Green Cove Springs" border of St. Johns River
‑ Florida. Mm. E. E. Atwater March 22, 1892 Herbarium number: 41737 Asplenium ruta‑muraria L. Ireland Kerry From old stone walls at Muckross House, Killarney [= tourist
center; ruins of an ancient castle and two ancient abbeys] Ex Coll. G. W.
Clinton, Buffalo, N. Y. Ex Coll. Elizabeth E. Atwater Herbarium number: 34475 Asplenium trichomanes L. Ireland Meath From the County of Meath. Mm. E. E. Atwater Oct. 1866 Herbarium number: 34462 Avena fatua L. USA California Cal. 1873. ex coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N. Y. Mm. E. E. Atwater
1873 Herbarium number: 1027 Ceterach officinarum Willd. France Alpes‑Maritimes From the valleys in Mentone. Mm. E. E. Atwater 186[6] Herbarium number: 35038 Cheilanthes fendleri D.C. Eaton USA California Nevada Falls [Yosemite National Park]. ex coll. G. W.
Clinton, Buffalo, N. Y. Mm. E. E. Atwater 1873 Herbarium number: 34804 Cheilanthes fragrans Webb. & Berth. France Alpes‑Maritimes Near Nice. ex coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N. Y. Mm. E. E. Atwater
Dec. 1865 Herbarium number: 34826 Cheilanthes odera Swartz. Cheilanthes siliquosa Maxon USA California ex coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N. Y. Mm. E. E. Atwater
1877‑8 Herbarium number: 35309 Pellaea densa Hook. Dryopteris arguta (Kaulf.) Watt. USA Wyoming Wyoming. Mm. E. E. Atwater 1873 Herbarium number: 34361 Dryopteris filix‑mas (L.) Schott Scotland From the grounds of "Huntley Lodge" the [...]
of the [Dachep] of [London] ‑ near Huntley ‑ about 50 miles from
Fosses. North of Scotland Mm. E. E. Atwater Sept. 1865 Herbarium number: 34303 Aspidium filix‑mas Swz. Dryopteris marginalis (L.) Gray Ireland Wicklow From Glendalough, Ireland. [Val. of, ruins of several
ecclesiastical structures]. [label hand written] Mm. E. E. Atwater 1867 Herbarium number: 34297 Aspidium marginale (L.) Sw. Gymnocarpium dryopteris (L.) Newm. Scotland Aberdeen Ballater, Scotland. ex coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N. Y. Mm. E. E. Atwater
July, 1866 Herbarium number: 35339 Polypodium dryopteris Fee Gymnogramme triangularis Kf. USA California [Congress] Spring, Cal. ex coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N. Y. Mm. E. E. Atwater
1873 Herbarium number: 35049 Madotheca navicularis (Lehm.& Lindb.) Nees USA California Mrs. E. E. Atwater. Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, New York. Mrs. E. E.
Atwater s.n. 1873 Herbarium number: 42088 Minuartia groenlandica (Retz.) Ostenf. USA Vermont Chittenden Summit of Mansfield Mt. Elizabeth E. Atwater (Ex Coll. G.W.C.) 1866 Herbarium
number: 10776 Alsine groenlandica Fenzl. Odontosoria aculeata (L.) J. Sm. Jamaica Jamaica. ex coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N. Y. Mm. E. E. Atwater
1873 Herbarium number: 34916 Davallia aculeata Sw. Pellaea brachyptera (Moore) Baker USA Nevada & Cal. ex coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N. Y. Mm. E. E. Atwater
Herbarium number: 35300 Pellaea ornithopus Hk. Platycerium alcicorne Desv. Hort. Chicago. ex coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N. Y. Mm. E. E. Atwater
May, 1869 Herbarium number: 35351 Polypodium polypodioides (L.) Hitchc. Brazil Guanabara Rio de Janeiro. ex coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N. Y. dedit Mm. E. E.
Atwater Herbarium number: 47039 Polypodium incanum Swartz Polypodium virginianum L. Ireland Meath Leoughcrew Mountains. ex coll. Elizabeth E. Atwater Oct. 31, 1866 Herbarium
number: 47110 Polypodium vulgare L. Polypogon lutosus (Poir) Hitchc. USA [California] Cal. [California] ex coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N. Y. Miss. E. E.
Atwater 1873 Herbarium number: 2869 Polypogon littoralis Polystichum acrostichoides (Michx.) Schott. Ireland Meath From Kells. Mm. Elizabeth E. Atwater Oct. 21, 1866 Herbarium number:
34307 Aspidium acrostichoides Polystichum munitum (Kaulf.) Presl. USA California Coast Range. ex coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N. Y. Mm. Elizabeth E.
Atwater 1873 Herbarium number: 34315 Apsidium munitum Kaulf. Reboulia hemisphaerica Raddi. USA Georgia Savannah. Taken from wall of brick piazza: side compl.
covered. My husband scolded me, but here it is. E. [Atwater's handwriting]
Mrs. E. E. Atwater s.n. Mar. 28, 1872 Herbarium number: 41753 Sequoia gigantea DC. USA California California "a. seeds." ex coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N. Y. Mm. E. E. Atwater 1873 Herbarium number: 179 Sequoia sempervirens Endl. USA California California. ex coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N. Y. [note]"This
little twig I plucked from a pro‑strate decayed tree at the "Red‑woods"
My..." Mm. E. E. Atwater 1873 Herbarium number: 181 Sphenopholis obtusata (Michx.) Scribn. USA California California. ex coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N. Y. Mrs. E. E.
Atwater 1873 Herbarium number: 2957 Eatonia obtusata, gray Thelypteris patens (Sw.) Small USA Louisiana Orleans From Fireman's Cemetery (from within a Ex Coll. Mm. Elizabeth E. Atwater Feb. 8, 1872 Herbarium
number: 34339 Aspidium patens Swtz. Thelypteris phegopteris (L.) Slosson Scotland Aberdeen Ballater. Mountain Polypody or Beech Fern. ex Coll.
Elizabeth E. Atwater Herbarium number: 35336 Polypodium phegopteris L. Torreya californica Torr. USA California California. ex coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N. Y. Elizabeth E. Atwater
1873 Herbarium number: 26
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