Volney Morgan Spalding
American botanist
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Volney Morgan Spalding was an American botanist affiliated with the University of Michigan for twenty-eight years, and for most of this period was head of the botany department. Spalding was born in East Bloomfield, New York, the son of Frederick Austin and Almira Spalding. His father was of English descent and his mother of Scotch-Irish descent. He received a preliminary education in the public schools of Gorham, New York, and Ann Arbor, Michigan. He entered the University of Michigan in 1869 and was graduated Bachelor of Arts in 1873. His further preparation for professional life included work in Cryptogamic and Physiological Botany at Harvard University, in Anatomy at Cornell, in Histology at the University of Pennsylvania, and in Plant Physiology at the University of Jena.
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- Biological Relations of Certain Desert Shrubs. I. The Creosote Bush (Covillea Tridentata) in Its Relation to Water Supply (1904) (17)
- The Distribution of Plants (1890) (15)
- Absorption of Atmospheric Moisture by Desert Shrubs (1906) (11)
- Biological Relations of Desert Shrubs. II. Absorption of Water by Leaves (1906) (10)
- THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF ECOLOGY. (1903) (8)
- The traumatropic curvature of roots (1894) (8)
- The White Pine (Pinus strobus Linnaeus) / by V.M. Spalding. (6)
- A NATURAL HISTORY SURVEY OF MICHIGAN. (1898) (4)
- "The Plains" of Michigan (1883) (2)
- Problems of Local Distribution in Arid Regions (1909) (2)
- The white pine (Pinus strobus Linnaeus) / rev. and enl. by B.E. Fernow, with contributions. Insect enemies of the white pine / by F.H. Chittenden. The wood of the white pine / by Filibert Roth. (1)
- Economics of Forestry. A reference book for students of political economy and professional and lay students of forestry (1903) (1)
- Presidential address on a natural history survey of Michigan / by Volney M. Spalding. (1)
- Course of Study in Fungi (1887) (0)
- The Artificial Production of Mutants (1907) (0)
- Guide to the study of common plants : an introduction to botany / by Volney M. Spalding. (0)
- PROGRESS IN FORESTRY UNDER STATE CONTROL. (1900) (0)
- Guide to the study of common plants. (0)
- THE ARTIFICIAL PRODUCTION OF MUTANTS. (1907) (0)
- The white pine / V. M. Spalding. (0)
- Proceedings of the Botanical Club (1888) (0)
- THE TROPICAL LABORATORY AT MIAMI, FLORIDA. (1902) (0)
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