Torrey, John 1796-1873

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Works:	247 works in 476 publications in 5 languages and 6,763 library holdings
Roles:	Creator
Classifications:	f592, 917.8042

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Publications about John Torrey

Publications by John Torrey

Publications by John Torrey, published posthumously.

Most widely held works about John Torrey

John Torrey; a story of North American botany by Andrew Denny Rodgers ( Book )
John Torrey by Ian MacPhail ( Book )
Catalog of the manuscript and archival collections and index to the correspondence of John Torrey by New York Botanical Garden ( Book )
John Torrey a biographical notice by Asa Gray ( Book )
America a dramatic poem ( Book )

John Torrey and William Starling Sullivant by Asa Gray ( Book )
John Torrey (1796-1873) : his life and times by Christine Chapman Robbins ( Book )
Sketch of the life and labors of Prof. John Torrey : of Columbia College, New York, United States assayer, and for many years an esteemed collaborator of the Smithsonian Institution by Asa Gray ( Book )
Remarks of W.H. Dall and resolutions of the California Academy of Sciences on the death of Doctor John Torrey : April, 1873 by William Healey Dall ( Book )
The Torrey festival ( Book )
Memorial of Dr. John Torrey, 1796-1873 : exercises at Torrey Day, 27 June, 1900 ( Book )
John Torrey papers 1768-1871 by John Torrey ( )
Only ten feet less by Joseph Ewan ( Book )
Charles Wilkins Short papers, 1784-1879; 1951 by Charles Wilkins Short ( )
Memoir of John Torrey : 1796-1873 by Asa Gray ( Book )
Miscellaneous letters, 1744-1894 by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia ( Book )
Silliman family papers, 1717-1977 (inclusive), 1717-1911 (bulk) by Silliman family ( )
George Jarvis Brush family papers, 1834-1960 (inclusive), 1834-1939 (bulk) by George Jarvis Brush ( )
Papers, 1788, [ca. 1800]-1863 by William Darlington ( )
Torrey, John, 1796-1873 by Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain ( Book )

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Most widely held works by John Torrey

Report of the exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains by John Charles Frémont ( Book )
37 editions published between 1845 and 1982 in English and held by 1,379 libraries worldwide

Exploration and survey of the valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah, including a reconnoissance of a new route through the Rocky Mountains by United States ( Book )
8 editions published between 1852 and 1853 in English and held by 507 libraries worldwide

A flora of the state of New York : comprising full descriptions of all the indigenous and naturalized plants hitherto discovered in the state ; with remarks on their economical and medicinal properties by John Torrey ( Book )
9 editions published in 1843 in English and held by 307 libraries worldwide

Report on the United States and Mexican boundary survey, made under the direction of the secretary of the Interior by United States ( Book )
in English and held by 290 libraries worldwide

Report on the United States and Mexican boundary survey by United States ( Book )
5 editions published in 1996 in English and held by 233 libraries worldwide

A flora of North America by John Torrey ( Book )
5 editions published between 1968 and 1969 in English and held by 229 libraries worldwide
2 of 2 vols.

Report intended to illustrate a map of the hydrographical basin of the upper Mississippi river by J. N Nicollet ( Book )
14 editions published between 1843 and 2004 in English and held by 163 libraries worldwide

Plantæ frémontianæ; or, Descriptions of plants collected by Col. J.C. Frémont in California by John Torrey ( Book )
10 editions published between 1853 and 1978 in English and French and held by 157 libraries worldwide

A flora of North America: containing abridged descriptions of all the known indigenous and naturalized plants growing north of Mexico; arranged according to the natural system by John Torrey ( Book )
7 editions published in 1840 in English and held by 156 libraries worldwide

A report on an exploration of the country lying between the Missouri river and the Rocky mountains : on the line of the Kansas and Great Platte rivers by John Charles Frémont ( Book )
7 editions published in 1843 in English and held by 114 libraries worldwide

An introduction to the natural system of botany, or, A systematic view of the organisation, natural affinities, and geographical distribution of the whole vegetable kingdom : together with the uses of the most important species in medicine, the arts, and rural or domestic economy by John Lindley ( Book )
3 editions published in 1831 in English and held by 105 libraries worldwide

A compendium of the flora of the northern and middle states : containing generic and specific descriptions of all the plants, exclusive of the cryptogamia, hitherto found in the United States, north of the Potomac by John Torrey ( Book )
9 editions published in 1826 in English and held by 104 libraries worldwide

On the Darlingtonia californica, a new pitcher-plant from northern California by John Torrey ( Book )
7 editions published between 1850 and 1854 in English and held by 89 libraries worldwide

Catalogue of the cabinet of natural history of the state of New York, and of the historical and antiquarian collection annexed thereto by New York State Museum ( Book )
8 editions published between 1853 and 2000 in English and held by 84 libraries worldwide

America a dramatic poem ( Book )
13 editions published in 1863 in English and held by 78 libraries worldwide

Phanerogamia of Pacific North America by John Torrey ( Book )
3 editions published in 1874 in English and held by 77 libraries worldwide

Observations on the Batis maritima of Linnæus by John Torrey ( Book )
7 editions published between 1853 and 1978 in English and held by 70 libraries worldwide

A flora of the northern and middle sections of the United States; or, A systematic arrangement and description of all the plants hitherto discovered in the United States north of Virginia by John Torrey ( Book )
9 editions published in 1824 in English and held by 69 libraries worldwide

A catalogue of plants, growing spontaneously within thirty miles of the City of New-York by John Torrey ( Book )
6 editions published in 1819 in English and held by 56 libraries worldwide

Report on the botany of the expedition by John Torrey ( Book )
10 editions published between 1855 and 1857 in English and held by 24 libraries worldwide

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Alternative Names

Torrey, J. G. 1796-1873

Torrey, J. (John), 1796-1873

Torrey, John G. 1796-1873

Languages

English (481)
French (3)
Latin (2)
German (1)
Undetermined (1)