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André Michaux's Sumac-Rhus michauxii Sargent: Why Did Sargent Rename It and Where Did Michaux Find It?
Castanea; 6/1/2004; Barden, Lawrence S; Matthews, James F; 787 words
; ABSTRACT In 1794 Andr Michaux discovered dwarf sumac Rhus michauxii in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, and in 1803 ... Rhus pumila. In 1895 C.S. Sargent assigned the name R. michauxii to correct Michaux's use of a homonym and to honor ...
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André Michaux Visits Spanish East Florida, Spring 1788
Castanea; 12/1/2004; Taylor, Walter Kingsley; Norman, Eliane M; 787 words
; ABSTRACT Andr Michaux was named royal botanist to King Louis ... and collected, and learn whom he met. Michaux arrived in St. Augustine, Florida, on ... Manuel de Zspedes, the Governor offered Michaux assistance and permission to travel in ...
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André Michaux, a Biographical Sketch1
Castanea; 12/1/2004; Williams, Charlie; 787 words
; "His name was Andr Michaux and we should all remember his name ... century." Charles Kuralt, 1994 Andr Michaux Born 1746 at Satory, in the Park of ... Marquis de Lafayette noted that Andr Michaux had risen "from simple farmer to have ...
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André Michaux's Sumac-Rhus michauxii Sargent: Why Did Sargent Rename It and Where Did Michaux Find It?1
Castanea; 12/1/2004; Barden, Lawrence S; Matthews, James F; 787 words
; ABSTRACT In 1794 Andr Michaux discovered dwarf sumac Rhus michauxii in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, and in 1803 ... Rhus pumila. In 1895 C.S. Sargent assigned the name R. michauxii to correct Michaux's use of a homonym and to honor ...
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The Origin and History of the André Michaux International Symposium - 'AMIS'
Castanea; 12/1/2004; Williams, Charlie; 787 words
; The origins of the Andr Michaux International Symposium can be traced to an event over two hundred years ago. Michaux arrived in the US in 1785; in ten years ... Canada to Florida. On April 19, 1795, Michaux began yet another journey into the American ...
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André Michaux and French Botanical Networks at the End of the Old Regime
Castanea; 12/1/2004; McClellan, James E III; 787 words
; ABSTRACT This paper situates Andr Michaux's American career in the larger context ... commercial cultivations in the New World. Andr Michaux's expedition to North America formed part ... the American gardens founded by Andr Michaux might have been further swept up in this ...
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André Michaux and his Journey in Canada in 1792
Castanea; 12/1/2004; Lamaute, Marie Florence; 787 words
; ... Eighteenth Century. On June 7, 1792, Andr Michaux left New York City for Canada. He sailed ... pursued his itinerary to Lower Canada. Michaux's intention was to reach Hudson Bay. His ... concern for this study. INTRODUCTION Andr Michaux (1746-1802) is best known for his botanical ... study is an interpretation ...
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Bedazzled and Bedeviled: The Religious Sensibilities of André Michaux
Castanea; 12/1/2004; Brasher, J Lawrence; 787 words
; ABSTRACT Biographies of Andr Michaux and his own work depict him more as ... of some fears. This paper examines Michaux's worldview that underlay his complex ... letters. It offers the thesis that Michaux's religion intriguingly combined Enlightenment ...
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Botanical Explorations of André Michaux in Kentucky: Observations of Vegetation in the 1790s
Castanea; 12/1/2004; Bryant, William S; 787 words
; ... spent in Kentucky during 1793-1796, Andr Michaux visited five of the state's six geographic ... are the most thorough. Unfortunately, Michaux was acting more in the capacity of an ... botanist while he was in Kentucky. Only when Michaux's plant lists are combined with the comments ...
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André Michaux's Travels and Plant Discoveries in the Carolinas
Castanea; 12/1/2004; Rembert, David H Jr; 787 words
; ABSTRACT Andr Michaux was a trained botanist who visited North ... Laboratoire de Phanerogamie (P), Paris. Michaux collected thousands of specimens for ... described were collected personally by Michaux. INTRODUCTION Andr Michaux arrived in ...
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