Botanical Anniversaries by Lucia C. Stanton, (April 1992), E332.2 .A5 1992A
Item
Identifier: id3979
Scope and Contents
Dr. Benjamin Smith Barton, professor of botany and natural history at University of Pennsylvania, and Samuel Latham Mitchill, physician-naturalist and Congressman, both lauded Jefferson for his passion for and contribution to the science of botany. Barton honored him by naming the twinleaf plant Jeffersonia dyphylla (in the Linnaean nomenclature, introduced in 1753, that Jefferson so admired).
Dates
- E332.2 .A5 1992A
Extent
From the Collection: 74 Items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
- Agriculture, Farming Subject Source: Local sources
- Botany Virginia Monticello Subject Source: Local sources
- Education, Literature, Books Subject Source: Local sources
- Gardening, Plants Subject Source: Local sources
- Government and Diplomacy Subject Source: Local sources
- Jefferson and Europe Subject Source: Local sources
- Science and Inventions Subject Source: Local sources
Repository Details
Part of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Archives Repository
Contact:
Jefferson Library, Thomas Jefferson Foundation
Post Office Box 316
Charlottesville VA 22902
(434) 984-7543
library@monticello.org
Jefferson Library, Thomas Jefferson Foundation
Post Office Box 316
Charlottesville VA 22902
(434) 984-7543
library@monticello.org
