Correspondence
Subtitle: Wood (Alphonso) and Engelmann (George)
Published: 1859
Language: eng
Number of pages: 39
Subjects: Correspondence; Amaryllidaceae; Acanthaceae; Euphorbiaceae; Prunus; Mosses; Vitaceae; Botanical specimens; Identification; Plants; Rosaceae
Other titles: George Engelmann Papers, 1831-1914.
Description: Incoming correspondence to George Engelmann from Alphonso Wood, for 1859-1860. The correspondence relates to a request for assistance with flora of area, specific plant identification, loan of books. Offer of specimens to Engelmann, moving to Brooklyn, Engelmann's disapproval of the use of his name in Wood's book; Wood's defense of his book.

Folder contains original letters.
Notes: The collection is open for research.

George Engelmann Papers, 1831-1914 / Correspondence (Collection 1 RG 4/1/5/1), Missouri Botanical Garden Archives.

Finding aid available from Missouri Botanical Garden Library and online http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/molib/part2.pdf.