Jacob Bigelow
Published: 1820
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Correspondence from Jacob Bigelow to John Torrey, dated 1820-1824, discussing specimens and publications they sent to one another. The letter dated 1820 touches on a packet of plants to be sent by Torrey to Francis Boott in England, in care of William Hooker. Correspondence is lightly sprinked with bits of gossip regarding various colleagues. Obsolete and unresolved plant names mentioned include Andromeda hypnoides, Arenaria peploides, Erigeron integrifolius, Eriophorum alpinum, Eupatorium ovatum, Holcus monticola, Neottia gracilis, Orchis grandiflora, Pisum maritimum, Poa maritima, Poa geniculata, Prenanthes alba, Rubus sempervirens, Rubus villorus, Scirpus bracteatus, Scirpus obtusus, Solidago cambrica, Spergulastrum lanceolatum, and Xylosteon vollosum.