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<dl><dd>John Torrey Papers (PP), Archives, The New York Botanical Garden</dd>
<dd>Correspondence from Scots military surgeon Philip Whiteside Maclagen to John Torrey, dated 1843, offering to send Torrey plants from his posting in Canada. He also mentions that he is in possession of Douglas' copy of Pursh's "Flora" and offers to transcribe the marginalia for Torrey if he would like. Obsolete plant names mentioned include Silene inflata</dd>
<dd>Digitized under grant #PW-234827-16 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), with additional support from Carnegie Corporation of New York</dd>
<dd>Finding aid for the John Torrey papers available from the LuEsther T. Mertz Library, New York Botanical Garden and online</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Botanical specimens; Plants; Maclagen, Philip Whiteside, 1818-1892; Torrey, John, 1796-1873; Balfour, John Hutton, 1808-1884; Douglas, David, 1799-1834; Graham, Robert, 1786-1845; Gray, Asa, 1810-1888; Pursh, Frederick, 1774-1820</div>
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Maclagen, Philip Whiteside,1818-1892</div>
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