Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Society Volume 29
The legacy of John Torrey (1796-1873) has many dimensions, all of which revolve around his unsurpassed prominence as a scholar of North American botany during most of the 19th century. This historical volume of the Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Society is occasioned by the 2017 celebration by the Torrey Botanical Society of the 150th anniversary of the club’s formation in New York City in 1867.
This volume contains 10 original articles reviewing the multiple legacies of John Torrey as well as the proceedings and abstracts of the lectures presented at the Torrey Society’s 150th Anniversary Symposium held in September 2017.
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Editorial Committee:
Brian M. Boom, William R. Buck, Dennis Wm. Stevenson
Contents:
One hundred fifty years of the Torrey Botanical Society: Reflections on a legacy of botanical exploration, publication, and outreach. Brian M. Boom
John Torrey’s botanical legacies: Archives, library, and herbarium collections. Susan M. Fraser & Brian M. Boom
John Torrey’s plant phenology journal for New York City, 1818-1820. Daniel Atha, Richard Jones & Meryl Rubin
Digitizing and transcribing the John Torrey Papers at the New York Botanical Garden. Gina M. Baldwin
John Torrey and the Torrey Botanical Society: Two hundred years studying the flora of the New York City region. Eric E. Lamont, Stephen Sinon & Esther M. Jackson
An overview of the Torrey Botanical Society’s contributions to field work, with discussions on the Society’s founding and its founding members. Gerry Moore
Henry Hurd Rusby, the Torrey Botanical Society, and the founding of the New York Botanical Garden. Dennis Wm. Stevenson & Jan Wassmer Stevenson
A history of the presidency of the Torrey Botanical Society. Stephen Sinon
Scholarly publishing by the Torrey Botanical Society. Esther M. Jackson & Brian M. Boom
An annotated checklist of lichens reported from New York City since 1968. Jessica L. Allen
the Orchidaceae of northeastern North America: Systematics, evolution, diversity, and conservation. Matthew C. Pace
Torrey Botanical Society 150th Anniversary Symposium: September 15, 2017
ISSN 2380128X
EISSN 2474333X
ISBN 978-0-9996525-3-4 (hardcopy) / 978-0-9996525-4-1 (online)