Nehrling Materials, 1894-1929.

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This series holds Nehrling materials collected by Michael A. Spencer. The first sub series contains documents written by Henry Nehrling. The most significant part of the collection is his notebooks that provide a record of his travels in Florida and the plants that he grew. His correspondence is mainly with Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Codwise in Bonita Springs, Florida. Some of the letters are annotated by the recipients. Nehrling writes of plants, gardens, other horticulturists, dinner arrangements and his illness. Typed transcripts of the letters made by Julian Nally are also held in this series. The photographs are mainly of plants in the garden at Gotha and some show Nehrling or others standing beside a tree. One photograph is identified as Jacksonville, Florida; the other images of a place are not identified. The advertisement for Mary Francis Baker's book is significant because Nehrling wrote a review of her book, which is held in the Henry Nehrling Papers at this repository. News clippings held in this series were all written about Nehrling during his lifetime. Plant labels made of paper, lead and another metal (probably zinc) are also held in this series; many of them still have the plant names on them.

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