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THE BOTANICAL JOURNAL OF G. W.
CLINTON |
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THE
BOTANICAL JOURNAL OF G. W. CLINTON – December 1863 |
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[1863] Dec. 1. Submitted to the Board of Regents
the resolution of our Society, tendering its aid in perfecting the State
Collection, which were well received. Found C. F. Austin, Esq. of Closter,
Bergen Co., N.Y., in the employment of The Regents, on the recommendation of
Dr. Torrey, in examining the State Herbarium. Suggested (approved by Dr.
Wood) with the printing of the Cat. of State Plants, from Torrey's Report,
marking deficiencies of the Herbarium in plants contained in that Cat., by
italics, or otherwise. Send catalogues to be sent to botanists everywhere in
the State, to the end that they may contribute to the herbarium such
defficient specimens, & subsequently, discovered plants. W. Austin
recommends us to apply for a copy of L. Lesquereux' (Columbus, O.) Musci
Exsiccati, 2d Ed. price $25.00. Also to
elect Charles F. Parker, Esq. (323 Chestnut St., Philadelphia) a
corresponding member, &c. Left
Albany in the 5*45' P.M. train, * reached Buffalo at 6*20' A.M. of the 2d
December. In Albany
Col. Jewett gave me some seeds of the Nelumbium, last year's. Mr. Austin says they
should be put in boiling
water, before planting. [Dr.
Wood is perhaps Alphonso Wood.] [1863] Dec. 3. Went over the River & dug up
a few roots of the Glycyrrhiza. Sent them, by Express, to Prof. Gray. D.F.
Day suggests that what he brought from Chautauqua Co. (Ap. 30‑May 1) and
called Betula pumila and collected there by us June 26th, and by me, among
the Thousand Islands, (Aug.24), is Myrica Gale. I can't determine this until
I disinter the specimens. The truth is, I never examined it. (It is clearly
so!) In
the evening, at the Annual Meeting of the Society, found a package of plants
from Dr. G. W. Robbins, from the Lake Superior Country. Looked them over with
Day, & took them home. [The
specimens of Glycyrrhiza from Waterloo (= Fort Erie)]. |
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Scientific names may be looked up
in the online checklist of Western New York plants. Find genus names
beginning with A - C D - K L - P Q - Z. |