Trelease, William
- BOTANICAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE AZORES,
From the Eighth Annual Report of the Missouri Botanical Garden, [St. Louis: Missouri Botanical Garden], 1897.
p. 77-220, [55] f. il. ; 23 cm - Brochado.
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WILLIAM TRELEASE is known as a plant taxonomist but his early interest in natural history indicated a preference for other fields. His first papers dealt largely with pollination of plants by insects and birds. Other early publications were on bacteria, parasitic fungi, and plant diseases. Some were entirely entomological. His thesis for the Doctor of Science degree at Harvard University was on "Zoogloeae and Related Forms." It probably was the first in this country in the field of bacteriology. But his later and perhaps deeper interests were in taxonomy
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In pursuit of this hobby he made botanical explorations in practically all parts of North America and in the Azores, Madeira, Teneriffe, southern Spain, New Zealand, and the West Indies.
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