Correspondence
Auteur : John Gilbert Baker
Date de publication : 1870
Éditeur : Non disponible
Nombre de pages : Non disponible
Résumé du livre
Incoming correspondence to George Engelmann from John Gilbert Baker, for 1870-1873. The correspondence relates to Mr. Wilson Saunders establishing Refugium Botanicum with intentions of a yearly publication. Mr. Saunder's bankruptcy and collections dispersed. Extensive discussion of Yucca and related plants and their study in England being in a cloudy state. Statement that Engelmann misinformed about Yucca treculeana Carriere. Set of Yucca specimens cultivated in England forwarded through Smithsonian. Plant naming rules.