The Flowering of Plants, accidentally observed in '51, with considerable care in '52; the Spring of '51 being 10 days and more earlier than that of '52. The names are those used by Gray. Holograph, unsigned.
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The Flowering of Plants, accidentally observed in '51, with considerable care in '52; the Spring of '51 being 10 days and more earlier than that of '52. The names are those used by Gray. Holograph, unsigned.
Collection
Henry David Thoreau collection
Series I. Manuscripts by Henry David Thoreau
Names
Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 (Author)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1851 - 1854
Place: Concord, MA
Library Location
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
Shelf locator: Berg Coll MSS Thoreau
Shelf locator: H.D.Thoreau Autograph Manuscript +
Subjects
Transcendentalism (New England)
Nature study
Concord (Mass.)
Botany
Natural history
Genres
Notes
Citation/Reference: William Howarth, The Literary Manuscripts of Henry David Thoreau (Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State University Press, 1974): F28a.
Ownership: W. T. H. Howe
Content: Large scale with tabulated observations for 1851-54. Accompanied by typescript note by L. S. Livingston, 2 leaves.
Physical Description
Extent: 12 leaves
Languages
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b15520476
Archives ID: 19098
accession number: 184265B
Other local Identifier: 4880251
Other local Identifier: 6c564340-1a4b-0130-9ff9-58d385a7bbd0
Other local Identifier: Berg Coll MSS Thoreau +
Archives EAD ID: 949789
Archives Components ID: 767580
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 6c564340-1a4b-0130-9ff9-58d385a7bbd0
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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. "The Flowering of Plants, accidentally observed in '51, with considerable care in '52; the Spring of '51 being 10 days and more earlier than that of '52. The names are those used by Gray. Holograph, unsigned." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1851 - 1854. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6c564340-1a4b-0130-9ff9-58d385a7bbd0
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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. (1851 - 1854). The Flowering of Plants, accidentally observed in '51, with considerable care in '52; the Spring of '51 being 10 days and more earlier than that of '52. The names are those used by Gray. Holograph, unsigned. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6c564340-1a4b-0130-9ff9-58d385a7bbd0
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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. "The Flowering of Plants, accidentally observed in '51, with considerable care in '52; the Spring of '51 being 10 days and more earlier than that of '52. The names are those used by Gray. Holograph, unsigned." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 8, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6c564340-1a4b-0130-9ff9-58d385a7bbd0
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