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“That land of flowers, swamps and alligators”: S. B. Buckley’s 1843 trip up the St. Johns River, Florida

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In 1843 S. B. Buckley (1809–1884) traveled up the St. Johns River, Florida in search of plants, shells, and possibly other natural history objects. Buckley encountered many difficulties in interior Florida and his trip did not live up to his original expectations. It was unfortunate that the took years to distribute his plant specimens, since few botanists or naturalists had preceded him into that poorly explored region.

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Dorr, L.J. “That land of flowers, swamps and alligators”: S. B. Buckley’s 1843 trip up the St. Johns River, Florida. Brittonia 44, 1–13 (1992). https://doi.org/10.2307/2807435

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