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Correspondence of Asa Gray and G. W. Clinton |
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The
Correspondence of Asa
Gray (1810-1888) and George
William Clinton (1807‑1885) 1876 Volume 11 (84) THIS LETTER IS MISSING, Sereno Watson Volume 11 (98) [J
164] [United States
Postal Card ‑ different from previous ones ‑ cancelled March
1876] Hon. G. W.
Clinton, Buffalo, New York Cambridge, Feby
29 [1876] My Dear Sir, I am sorry to say
that there were only 10 sets of the Guadalupe plants, which were taken up at
once as soon as they were ready for distribution. Dr. Palmer's last summer's
collection in San Diego Co. remains yet in bulk, waiting till I am over the
present drive on the Calif. Flora. It will probably number 250 or 300
species. You can have a set from that if you wish. It contains a number of
good things and a few new ones. I hope to get at it shortly. Yours truly Sereno Watson Volume 11 (103)
[J 160] [on new United
States Postal Card, cancelled Mar. 29] Hon. George W.
Clinton, Buffalo, New York Cambridge, Mar. 29 My Dear Sir, Dr. Gray says
that if you had kept on you would probably have found tubers at the end
of your rootstock. They are shaped like a [stout] potatoe a finger long,
attached by the small end. Dr. Lapham sketches them thusly [drawing of this
done] 1 Flower & 1
Leafstalk Double tubers.
Joints 1 1/2 ‑ 3 feet apart. The perfection of the seed so far north
probably depends upon the season. Yours truly Sereno Watson Volume 11 (112) [J 151] [new printed stationary: Herbarium of Harvard University, Botanic
Garden, Cambridge, Mass.] June 13, 1876 Dear old Clinton I have been to the [][ovial] & come back to a world of work. I dispatch to you to‑day, i.e. addressed to Buffalo Academy,
N.Y., a small parcel ‑ containing 1. The cones of Palmer's coll. which will not fit with the large
square package Watson will send you ‑ when he gets back from his
holiday. 2. new part of Gen. Pl. The price I will add in a P.S. 3d. Copy of
[Bot. Cal.] which I can [hold] secure for you for $5.‑ instead of $6
send V. & thanks to Watson, & believe me to be ever your old friend
A. Gray The copies of Gen. Pl. cost $9.00 each. A. G. [Recd June 15, June 16 Mailed him draft for $14.115 [sic] Volume 11 (114) [J 150] [United States Postal Card, new printing, cancelled June 16?] Hon. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. June 17 [1876] Yours of 16th & enclosure received. The parcel went, as advised,
to the Buff. Acad. Nat. Sci. by Express. [..ale] at base rate. A. Gray [NOTE: not sure of this] Volume 11 (116)
[J 147] [printed Botanic
Garden, Cambridge, Mass.] July 5, 1876 My Dear Sir, I at last send you
today by Express a large package containing set of Dr. Palmer's southern
California plants, with bundle of gatherings from the herbarium. Palmer's set
numbers 434 specimens, on the whole unusually good and abundant and
desirable, to which are added for good measure a considerable number of
equally good, &c., things of his collection in S. Utah. They have cost me
considerable labor and I trust they will reach you safely and prove
satisfactory. Please remit
amount ($43.40) in check to my order and oblige Yours very truly Sereno Watson Hon. George W.
Clinton Buffalo, N.Y. [Recd 7th July.
8th mailed him bank draft for $43.40] |
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