Accumulated and Arranged Notes for a:
HISTORY OF THE TORREY BOTANICAL SOCIETY
DR. PATRICK L. COONEY
CHAIRMAN OF THE FIELD TRIP SECTION
TBS WEBMASTER
Presented at the November 7, 2000 Council
Meeting
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................... 01
CHAPTER I. EARLY LIFE OF JOHN TORREY................................................................... 03
CHAPTER II. FOUNDING OF THE TORREY BOTANICAL CLUB ................................... 13
CHAPTER III. FOUNDING OF THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN BY THE TORREY BOTANICAL CLUB ............................................................................................. 22
CHAPTER IV. SPLIT BETWEEN FIELD AND ACADEMIC.............................................. 38
CHAPTER V. THE AGE OF LABORATORY WORK ......................................................... 46
CHAPTER VI. ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE TORREY BOTANICAL SOCIETY ........................................................................................................ 57
CHAPTER VII. HARD TIMES FOR NEW YORK CITY VICINITY BOTANY ................... 66
CHAPTER VIII. INCREASING DISSATISFACTION AMONG THE FIELD BOTANISTS AND GROWING DICTATORSHIP ......................................................................................74
CHAPTER IX. GREGORY R. LONG AND THE NEW POLITICS OF FUND RAISING ..... 81
CHAPTER X. THE CLEMANTS' DICTATORSHIP .............................................................. 86
CHAPTER XI. MISSION STATEMENT AND CONCLUSION ............................................. 90
CHAPTER XII. RESISTANCE TO CHANGE ....................................................................... 96
APPENDICES:
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO ? ........................................................................................... 98
PRESIDENTS OF TBC/TBS ................................................................................................ 103
FIELD CHAIRS OF TBC/TBS .............................................................................................. 106
BIBLIOGRAPHY ................................................................................................................. 110