David Douglas - Writings

Writings

  • Douglas, David (1914). Journal kept by David Douglas during his travels in North America 1823-1827 : together with a particular description of thirty-three species of American oaks and eighteen species of Pinus, with appendices containing a list of the plants introduced by Douglas and an account of his death in 1834. W. Wesley & Son under the direction of the Royal Horticultural Society.Available online through the Washington State Library's Classics in Washington History collection

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