Norman Taylor Papers (PP) Taylor, Norman, 1883-1967.

Norman Taylor Papers (PP)

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	Collectors:	Taylor, Norman, 1883-1967.
	Title:	Norman Taylor Papers (PP)
	Dates:	1631, 1926-1967
	Dates:	1926-1967
	Quantity:	21.33 linear feet; 38 boxes
	Call Phrase:	Taylor (PP)

Biography of Norman Taylor

Norman Taylor (1883-1967), is primarily recognized as the author of the perennial horticulture reference work, Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening. He was botanical editor for Webster's New International Dictionary ( ca. 1945) and the American Heritage Dictionary (ca. 1960). Additionally he authored one of the first popular books on psycho-active plants, Flight from Reality (1949), later reprinted as Narcotics, Nature's Dangerous Gifts (1961) and other popular works on gardening and nature conservation.

Taylor was born in Hereford, England in 1883 and emigrated with his parents, two brothers and a sister to Yonkers, New York in 1889. He was naturalized in 1896. As a child and youth he was plagued by illness which forced him first to leave grammar school, then high school.

After two years at Cornell University as a special student in Agriculture and Horticulture, he began working in the Forestry Department of the N.Y. Zoological Park as a plant maintainer. During this period he met Nathaniel Lord Britton who hired him as a museum assistant at the New York Botanical Garden and became his personal tutor in Botany. Taylor accompanied Britton as a collector on his field trip to Inagua in 1904 and worked with G.V. Nash as a collector in the Dominican Republic and Haiti. Other expeditions in which Taylor participated were to Cuba, Haiti and Turk's Island.

In 1911 Taylor was appointed Curator of Plants of the new Brooklyn Botanical Garden. He helped lay out the grounds and did intensive studies on the flora of Long Island. He walked nearly 2000 miles over all of Long Island, mapping locations of plant families. He became interested in recording the sites of giant trees, a subject he would return to in The Ageless Relicts, the Story of Sequoia published in 1963. During his career at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden, Taylor consulted with Robert Moses on the planning of State Parks in Long Island and was instrumental in having Montauk Point declared a State Park. He served as an expert witness in the Hither Hills State Park case.

While at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden, Taylor was named editor (1917-1919) of the Journal of the International Garden Club. This led to many lectures at society Garden Clubs throughout the country.

In 1928 Taylor was engaged by the Chicle Development Company to search for chicle, chicle substitutes and Gutta Percha in Brazil. He wrote to Fortune Magazine, suggesting an article on chewing gum. Fortune wrote back, asking him to write an article on the story of Cinchona. This was published in 1934 and circulated through the Cinchona industry, leading to his appointment in 1936 as Director of the Cinchona Institute in N.Y., a non-profit research institute connected to the Quinine industry of Holland. Taylor served as liaison to the American medical community and spokesperson within the United States for the prevention and treatment of maleria. He retired from this position in 1951.

Norman Taylor's popular writing career began in 1920 while he was still associated with the Brooklyn Botanical Garden. He wrote a series of articles on appreciation of nature under the name "The Naturalist" for the New York Evening Post. After some attempts to publish work on non-botanical topics, Nathaniel Lord Britton recommended him as Editor of Botany, Ornamental Horticulture and Forestry for Webster's New International Dictionary (2nd ed.) (1926-1934).

He left the Brooklyn Botanical Garden in 1929 and after two years of negotiation began the first edition of The Garden Dictionary, a work that would become a horticulture standard, having four editions, spanning thirty years. The first edition was awarded the Gold Medal of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society in 1936. The second edition appeared under the title Taylor's Garden Encyclopedia as did all subsequent editions. Taylor's publisher, Houghton-Mifflin, is continuing to issue a series of horticulture books under the name Taylor's Guides. In the 1950's Taylor contracted with Van Nostrand and produced a series of seven books on garden topics.

Taylor was one of the first professionals to encourage organic gardening and his Encyclopedia provided a platform for the dissemination of those ideas to the general public.

His knowledge and contacts in the medicinal plant world led to Flight from Reality (1949) and later Plant Drugs that Changed the World (1965). His dissatisfaction with the management of the Merriam-Webster Co. led to his work on the American Heritage Dictionary, published in 1965.

He was awarded an honorary PhD. From Washington College, Chestertown, Md. in 1958. The New York Botanical Garden gave him its Distinguished Service Award in 1961. The American Horticultural Society honored him with its Liberty Hyde Bailey Medal in 1963. He was a member of the Explorer's Club, the Players Club, the Century Club and the Cosmos Club in Washington, D.C.

Norman Taylor attributed his love of travel to his childhood stays at Brighton. After his numerous expeditions on behalf of NYBG, and the Cinchona Institute, he entered into a peripatetic life, touring the world with his wife Margaretta Stephenson one third of the year, and dividing the rest of the year between their homes on W. 10th St. and their beloved estate, Elmwood in St. Anne, Maryland, purchased on his retirement from the Cinchona Institute (1951).

His first wife was Bertha Fanning Taylor, a botanical illustrator. He had three children, Norman, Jr., Alice and Marian. Marian, who died in 1968 ran a publishing house in Torino named Taylor Torino, with her husband Nicola Abbagnano, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Turin.

Norman Taylor died at Elmwood in November, 1967.

Scope and Content

The collection documents the professional career of Norman Taylor including his work as a horticulturalist, botanical explorer and author. Taylor traveled extensively and luxuriously. A significant amount of material has informational value related to his lifestyle. Other information contained in the collection concerns the workings of private, professional clubs--The Century Club, The Explorers Club and the Cosmos Club. It contains correspondence, manuscripts, bound volumes, journals, notes, clippings, scrapbooks, maps, photographs, pamphlets, lantern slides, medals, index cards and containers, and specimens. The collection is organized into fifteen series.


Arrangement
	The collection is organized into fifteen series:

		Series 1: Cinchona Scientific File. 1915-1951. Arranged geographically and by subject.
		Series 2: Cinchona Products Institute. 1631, 1937-1954. Arranged by subject.
		Series 3: Flora of Long Island. 1917-1925. Arranged by subject.
		Series 4: Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening. 1932-1966. Arranged by subject.
		Series 5: Catalogs. 1946-1954. Arranged by subject.
		Series 6: Publications (systematic list). 1905-1967. Arranged chronologically.
		Series 7: Contracts. 1947-1964. Arranged alphabetically.
		Series 8: Unpublished Work. 1926-1967. Arranged chronologically.
		Series 9: Lecture Notes and Slides. 1916-1962. Arranged by subject.
		Series 10: Correspondence. 1912-1967. Arranged alphabetically.
		Series 11: Studies. 1900-1943. Arranged chronologically.
		Series 12: Expeditions and Travel. 1904-1967. Arranged chronologically.
		Series 13: Awards. 1936-1963. Arranged chronologically.
		Series 14: Personal Files. 1905-1967. Arranged by subject.
		Series 15: Negatives. No Dates. Arranged by subject.

Restrictions

Access restrictions

This collection is open for research with permission from Mertz Library staff.

Copyright

Requests for permission to publish material from the collection should be submitted in writing to the LuEsther T. Mertz Library of the New York Botanical Garden.


Indexing Terms
	The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
	Subjects
		Botanical exploration -- Bahamas -- Inagua Island.
		Botanical exploration -- Hispaniola.
		Botanical exporation -- Brazil.
		Cinchona Products Institute.
		Cinchona.
		Gardening -- Encyclopedias -- History -- Sources.
		Kravchenko, Victor, 1905-1966.
		New York Botanical Garden Archives.
		Plants -- New York (State) -- Long Island.
		Psychotropic plants.
		Sequoiadendron giganteum.
		Taylor, Norman, 1883-1967. -- Archives.

Related Material

New York Botanical Garden

CFN--George Valentine Nash, Haiti, Inaugua

New York Academy of Medicine

[In 1963, Norman Taylor donated his collection of medical information on malaria to the New York Academy of Medicine.]

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Norman Taylor Papers (PP), Archives, The New York Botanical Garden.

Acquisition Information

This collection was donated to the New York Botanical Garden Archives.

Processing Information

Originally processed by Laura Zelasnic, Project Archivist, December 1999, with grant funding from The National Endowment for the Humanities. (NEH-PA 23141-98). Converted to EAD in September 2006 by Kathleene Konkle under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH-PA 50678-04).

Container List

Series 1. Cinchona Scientific File.

Scope and Content: This series contains research data on the incidence of malaria and its control in many of the states in the United States. Other materials in this series are research papers on the cultivation and quality of the cinchona found in tropical countries. Photographs on the locating and production of cinchona in Colombia are found in that folder. Manuscripts and notes and a bibliography for Taylor's work on the history of cinchona are found in that folder. Cinchona specimens are found in the Philippines folders and folders labeled as such. Taylor donated his files on malaria to NY Academy of Medicine & his files on Cinchona to NYBG in 1966. Oversize material from this series is found in Box 2.
Folder	Title	Date
[1.1]	Alabama	1930-1941
[1.2]	Arkansas	1939
[1.3]	California	1933-1944
[1.4]	Delaware	1936
[1.5]	Georgia	1937-1940
[1.6]	Georgia	1937-1940
[1.7]	Illinois	1936-1939
[1.8]	Indiana	1941-1942
[1.9]	Iowa	1941-1947
[1.10]	Kansas	1925-1936
[1.11]	Kentucky	1938-1945
[1.12]	Louisiana	1936-1945
[1.13]	Maryland	1935
[1.14]	Massachusetts	1944
[1.15]	New Jersey	1937
[1.16]	Minnesota	1946
[1.17]	Mississippi	1915-1943
[1.18]	Missouri	1934-1946
[1.19]	New York	1939-1945
[1.20]	N. Carolina & Ohio	1934-1946
[1.21]	Oregon	1943
[1.22]	S. Carolina	1935-1946
[1.23]	Tennessee	1936-1940
[1.24]	Tennessee	1936-1940
[1.25]	Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin	1938-1947
[1.26]	Colombia, Production Photographs	1943
[1.27]	Guatemala, Map	ca. 1942
[1.28]	Honduras	1940-1944
[1.29]	India	1898-1946
[1.30]	Java	1922-1948
[1.31]	Java, Economic & Political	1924-1948
[1.32]	Mexico	1939-1946
[1.33]	Morrocco, Quinine Distribution Photograph	n.d.
[1.34]	Nicaragua	1943-1944
[1.35]	Peru	1942-1944
[1.36]	Philippine Islands	1931-1948
[1.37]	Puerto Rico	1937-1950
[2.1]	Oklahoma	1935-1939
[2.2]	Bolivia	1941-1943
[2.3]	Colombia	1930-1951
[2.4]	Guatemala	1943-1947
[2.5]	Guatemala, Performance Records of Individual Trees…	1945
[2.6]	Quinine Treatment	1936-1948
[2.7]	Malaria in Panama, Poster	n.d.
[3.1]	Venezuela	1931-1942
[3.2]	Other Countries	1939-1944
[3.3]	Kina Bureau	1918-1947
[3.4]	Polarized Light	1937-1941
[3.5]	Quinine Treatment	1927-1948
[3.6]	Quinine Treatment	1927-1948
[3.7]	Industrial Uses	1927-1948
[3.8]	Cinchona Substitutes	1931-1948
[3.9]	Notes on Atabrine	1942
[3.10]	Culture Requirements	1919-1951
[3.11]	Cinchona Succiruba	1938
[3.12]	History	1934-1944
[3.13]	History	1934-1944
[3.14]	Bird Maleria	1932-1944
[3.15]	Bird Maleria	1932-1944
[3.16]	Maleria Tests	1929-1950
[3.17]	Maleria Education	1937-1948

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Series 2. Cinchona Products Institute.

Scope and Content: Taylor headed the Chinchona Products Institute from its inception in 1937 until it closed in 1954. Materials in this file relate to the work done by Taylor in promoting the use of quinine to the general public and within the medical profession. A professional public relations firm produced radio scripts relating to quinine. Also here are files on other medicinal plants which were being considered for cultivation and promotion by the Cinchona-Instituut in Amsterdam. Notable in this series is a holographic letter from the Countess de Cinchona (1631) which may have decorated Taylor's office. A chronological file of all of Taylor's correspondence with the Cinchona-Instituut traces the history of this cartel during the war. Oversize educational and prevention posters from around the world are found in Box 5.
Folder	Title	Date
[3.18]	Tenth Anniversary Dinner	1947
[3.19]	AAAS Dinner	1949
[3.20]	Radio Publicity	1946-1948
[3.21]	Manuscripts	1950
[3.22]	Publicity	1947
[3.23]	Countess de Cinchona Holograph	[ca. 1640]
[3.24]	Peattie, Donald Culross	1939-1943
[3.25]	Economic Botany Magazine	1946-1948
[3.26]	Magazine Articles	1937-1943
[3.27]	Scientific Research	1943-1945
[3.28]	Research Grants	1948-1950
[3.29]	USDA	1941-1950
[3.30]	USDA Plant Introduction Garden Photographs	1943
[3.31]	AMA Exposition	1950
[3.32]	Merck Report	1951
[3.33]	Artemisia	1939-1941
[3.34]	Ephedra	1937-1944
[3.35]	Gracilaria and Agar	1945
[3.36]	Paullinia Cupana (Guarana)	1912-1944
[3.37]	Rauwolfia (Chalupa)	1938-1954
[3.38]	Other Plants	1937-1945
[3.39]	Synthetic Drugs	1945-1951
[3.40]	Indonesia	1950-1953
[3.41]	Legal	1947-1951
[4.1]	Merck & Co. Illustrations	n.d.
[4.2]	Pan-American Union Publications	1932-1938
[4.3]	Quinine, The Story of Cinchona	1952
[4.4]	Quinine, The Story of Cinchona Photographs	n.d.
[4.5]	Rotenone Research	n.d.
[4.6]	Sophia Boatwright Brunson Clippings	1948-1952
[4.7]	Tropical Agricultural Survey	1943-1944
[4.8]	Rubber Notes	1943
[4.9]	Java Plantations, Photographs	n.d.
[4.10]	Java Plantations, Oversize Photograph [see Box 5]	n.d.
[4.11]	The Technique of Blood Examination in Maleria	1950
[4.12]	Amsterdam Correspondence	1944-1945
[4.13]	Amsterdam Correspondence	1946
[4.14]	Amsterdam Correspondence	1946
[4.15]	Amsterdam Correspondence	1947
[4.16]	Amsterdam Correspondence	1947
[4.17]	Amsterdam Correspondence	1947
[4.18]	Amsterdam Correspondence	1948
[4.19]	Amsterdam Correspondence	1948
[4.20]	Amsterdam Correspondence	1949
[4.21]	Amsterdam Correspondence	1949
[4.22]	Amsterdam Correspondence; Dr. J.J.A.A. Vreede	1949-1950
[4.23]	Amsterdam Correspondence	1950
[4.24]	Amsterdam Correspondence	1951
[4.25]	Amsterdam Correspondence	1952
[4.26]	Amsterdam Correspondence	1953-1954
[4.27]	Maleria Poster, Algeria, [Box 5]	n.d.
[4.28]	Maleria Poster, Indonesia, [Box 5]	n.d.
[4.29]	Cinchona History and Cultivation Poster, Laura R. Kremers [Box 5]	n.d.
[5.1]	Java Plantations, Oversize Photograph	n.d.
[5.2]	Maleria Poster, Algeria	n.d.
[5.3]	Maleria Poster, Indonesia	n.d.
[5.4]	Cinchona History and Cultivation Poster, Laura R. Kremers	n.d.
[5.5]	Anti-maleria posters in Arabic	n.d.

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Series 3. Flora of Long Island.

Scope and Content: This series contains lists and maps and notes towards a comprehensive study of Long Island Flora, arranged by Engler & Prantl families. Each folder contains maps of locations of the particular families. Of particular interest is the written and photographic record of Big Trees in Long Island and records of Long Island forests. Also included in this series is Taylor's study of Gardiner's Island which he wanted the State of New York to develop into a preservation area. Photographs from this study are found in Box 14. Taylor advised Robert Moses while he was planning Long Island's State Parks and correspondence and clippings related to his efforts in creating a preservation area at Hempstead Plains and Montauk are found here along with correspondence on the subject from Elizabeth Britton. He also collaborated with Arthur Hollick on a report on the historic significance of Fox Island Beach and appeared as an expert witness in a court case related to the preservation of the Beach.
Folder	Title	Date
[6.1]	Maps, Indices	n.d.
[6.2]	Maps, Keys	n.d.
[6.3]	Maps, Notes	n.d.
[6.4]	Maps, Order 1, Ophioglossales	n.d.
[6.5]	Maps, Order 3, Filicales	n.d.
[6.6]	Maps, Order 6, Lycopodiales	n.d.
[6.7]	Maps, Order 10, Coniferales	n.d.
[6.8]	Maps, Order 12, Pandanales	n.d.
[6.9]	Maps, Order 13, Helobiae	n.d.
[6.10]	Maps, Order 14, Glumiflorae [7 fldrs.]	n.d.
[6.11]	Maps, Order 17, Strathiflorae	n.d.
[6.12]	Maps, Order 18, Farinosae	n.d.
[6.13]	Maps, Order19, Liliflorae [2 fldrs.]	n.d.
[6.14]	Maps, Order 21,Microspermae	n.d.
[6.15]	Maps, Orders 23-26, Piperales-Juglandales	n.d.
[6.16]	Maps, Order 27, Fagales	n.d.
[6.17]	Maps, Orders 28, 30-32, Urticales-Polygonales	n.d.
[6.18]	Maps, Order 33, Centrospermae	n.d.
[6.19]	Maps, Order 34, Ranales	n.d.
[6.20]	Maps, Orders 35-36, Rhoeadales-Sarraceniales	n.d.
[6.21]	Maps, Order 37, Rosales [2 fldrs.]	n.d.
[7.1]	Maps, Order 38, Geraniales	n.d.
[7.2]	Maps, Orders 39-41, Sapindales-Malvales	n.d.
[7.3]	Maps, Order 42, Parietales	n.d.
[7.4]	Maps, Orders 43-44, Opuntiaces-Myrtiflorae	n.d.
[7.5]	Maps, Order 45, Umbelliferae	n.d.
[7.6]	Maps, Orders 46-47, Ericales-Primulales	n.d.
[7.7]	Maps, Order 49, Contortae	n.d.
[7.8]	Maps, Order 50, Tubiflorae [2 fldrs.]	n.d.
[7.9]	Maps, Orders 51-52, Plantaginales-Rubiales	n.d.
[7.10]	Maps, Order 53, Campanulales [4 fldrs.]	n.d.
[7.11]	Specimen Citations, Key	n.d.
[7.12]	Specimen Citations, A-M	n.d.
[7.13]	Specimen Citations, N-Z	n.d.
[7.14]	Correspondence	1917-1925
[7.15]	Correspondence, W. C. Ferguson	1923-1925
[7.16]	Notes, L.I. Forests	1918-1921
[7.17]	Notes, L.I. Forests, Big Tree Records	1922
[7.18]	Notes, L.I. Forests, Oaks	1918-1921
[7.19]	Notes, L.I. Forests, Successia/Burns	ca. 1921
[7.20]	Notes, Historical Research	[1921]
[7.21]	Notes, Gardiner's Island	1921
[7.22]	Photographs, Gardiner's Island [Box 14]	ca. 1921
[7.23]	Notes, Vegetation of Long Island	1921
[7.24]	Notes, Long Island Bogs	1920
[7.25]	Notes & Corrections to N.M. Grier's Native Flora of the Vicinity Of Cold Spring Harbor	1926
[7.26]	Grasslands, Hempstead Plains	1915-1918
[7.27]	N.Y. State Parks System, Clippings	1925-1926
[7.28]	N.Y. State Parks System, Correspondence	1922-1923
[7.29]	Fox Island Beach Report	1922
[14.1]	Photographs, Gardiner's Island	ca. 1921

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Series 4. Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening.

Scope and Content: This series contains the proposals, manuscripts, publishers' contracts, correspondence, reviews and promotional memorabilia related to the successive editions of Taylor's most enduring work. Although originally titled The Garden Dictionary, by the 2nd edition, 1942, it had been renamed Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening. The Perpetual Subject Files, named by Taylor himself, contains information pertinent to the entire scope of issues covered in the encyclopedia. Pamphlets found in those files have been removed and are now housed with the NYBG general collection. Other published material by Taylor is found in Series 13: Publications and Series 2: Cinchona Products Institute. Unpublished work by Taylor is in Series 14: Unpublished Work. Taylor's lectures and notes are found in Series 9: Lecture Notes and Lantern Slides.
Folder	Title	Date
[8.1]	Garden Dictionary, Proposal	1932
[8.2]	Garden Dictionary, Marketing Data	ca. 1932
[8.3]	Garden Dictionary, Contributors	1933-1936
[8.4]	Garden Dictionary, Presentation Copy	1936
[8.5]	Garden Dictionary, Promotional Material	1936
[8.6]	Garden Dictionary, Statistical Summaries	1936
[8.7]	Garden Dictionary, Reviews	1936-1940
[8.8]	Garden Dictionary, Correspondence, Reviewers	1936
[8.9]	Garden Dictionary, Correspondence, Mass. Horticultural Society	1936
[8.10]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (2nd ed.), Working Files, A	1948
[8.11]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (2nd ed.), Working Files, B	1933-1937
[8.12]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (2nd ed.), Working Files, C	1935-1945
[8.13]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (2nd ed.), Working Files, D-F	1935-1947
[8.14]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (2nd ed.), Working Files, G ,	1935-1947
[8.15]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (2nd ed.), Working Files, H-K	1935-1947
[8.16]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (2nd ed.), Working Files, L	1936-1947
[8.17]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (2nd ed.), Working Files, M	1935-1947
[8.18]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (2nd ed.), Working Files, N-O	1933-1947
[8.19]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (2nd ed.), Working Files, P-R	1931-1947
[8.20]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (2nd ed.), Working Files, S	1934-1939
[8.21]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (2nd ed.), Working Files, T-U	1934-1947
[8.22]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (2nd ed.), Working Files, V	1935-1946
[8.23]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (2nd ed.), Working Files, W-Z	1936-1944
[8.24]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (2nd ed.), Manuscript [4 fldrs.]	1948
[8.25]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (2nd ed.), Publicity	1949
[9.1]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (2nd ed.), Gift Copies & Correspondence	1948-1949
[9.2]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (2nd ed.), Personal Correspondence	1946-1949
[9.3]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (2nd ed.), Reviews	1949
[9.4]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (2nd ed.), Reviews	1949
[9.5]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (3rd ed.), Captions Ms.	1956
[9.6]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (3rd ed.), Agricultural Statistics	1956
[9.7]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (3rd ed.), Corresp., Houghton-Mifflin	1956-1958
[9.8]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (3rd ed.), Corresp., Salgado, Ed.	1957
[9.9]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (4th ed.) Working Files, A	n.d.
[9.10]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (4th ed.) Working Files, B	n.d.
[9.11]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (4th ed.) Working Files, Ca	n.d.
[9.12]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (4th ed.) Working Files, Ce-Ci	n.d.
[9.13]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (4th ed.) Working Files, Cl-Co	n.d.
[9.14]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (4th ed.) Working Files, Cr-Cy	n.d.
[9.15]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (4th ed.) Working Files, D	n.d.
[9.16]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (4th ed.) Working Files, E-F	n.d.
[9.17]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (4th ed.) Working Files, G	n.d.
[9.18]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (4th ed.) Working Files, H	n.d.
[9.19]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (4th ed.) Working Files, I-J	n.d.
[9.20]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (4th ed.) Working Files, K-L	n.d.
[9.21]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (4th ed.) Working Files, M	n.d.
[9.22]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (4th ed.) Working Files, Metasequoia	n.d.
[9.23]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (4th ed.) Working Files, N-O	n.d.
[9.24]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (4th ed.) Working Files, P	n.d.
[9.25]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (4th ed.) Working Files, Q-R	n.d.
[9.26]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (4th ed.) Working Files, Rose	n.d.
[9.27]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (4th ed.) Working Files, S	n.d.
[9.28]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (4th ed.) Working Files, T-Z	n.d.
[9.29]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (4th ed.) Working Files, Weed Killers	1937-1948
[9.30]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (4th ed.) Working Files, Pamphlet Separation List	n.d.
[9.31]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (4th ed.) Manuscript [7 fldrs.]	1961
[10.1]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (4th ed.) Manuscripts [13 fldrs]	1961
[10.2]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (4th ed.) Illustrations	1957-1958
[10.3]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (4th ed.) Captions	1961
[10.4]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (4th ed.) Color Plates and Correspondence	1961
[10.5]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (4th ed.) Content Statistics	1967
[10.6]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (4th ed.) Contributors	1961
[10.7]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (4th ed.) Contributors Rights Assign. Forms	1961
[10.8]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (4th ed.) Contributors Front Matter	1961
[10.9]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (4th ed.) Contributors Corresp., Bym-Coh	1961
[10.10]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (4th ed.) Contributors Corresp., DMS-H.H.H.	1961
[10.11]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (4th ed.) Contributors Corresp., H.B.T.-L.L.D.	1961
[10.12]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (4th ed.) Contrib. Corresp., Lawrence, G.	1958-1959
[10.13]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (4th ed.) Contrib. Corresp., M.F.-W.P.T.	1957-1960
[10.14]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (4th ed.) Contributors , Experiment Stations [2 fldrs.]	n.d.
[11.1]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (4th ed.) Contributors Landscape Architect	1956-1958
[11.2]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (4th ed.) New Contributors	n.d.
[11.3]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (4th ed.) Old Contributors	1957
[11.4]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (4th ed.) Contributors, Pests	1958
[11.5]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (4th ed.) Corresp., American Garden Guild	1952-1958
[11.6]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (4th ed.) Corresp., Book of the Month Club	1964
[11.7]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (4th ed.) Corresp., Houghton-Mifflin	1946-1957
[11.8]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (4th ed.) Corresp., Houghton-Mifflin	1957-1966
[11.9]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (4th ed.) Corresp., Houghton-Mifflin	1946-1957
[11.10]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (4th ed.) Houghton-Mifflin Contracts	1947-1952
[11.11]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (4th ed.) Gift Copies & Correspondence	1961-1964
[11.12]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (4th ed.) Advertising	1960-1964
[11.13]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (4th ed.) Reviews	1961
[11.14]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (4th ed.) Cocktail Party	1961
[11.15]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (4th ed.) Scrapbook [Box 29]	1961
[11.16]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (Abridged Edit.) Proposal & Corresp	1964
[11.17]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (5th ed.) Working Files	1966
[11.18]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening, Perpetual Subject File, A	1936-1958
[11.19]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening, Perpetual Subject File, B	1951-1956
[11.20]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening, Perpetual Subject File, C	1948-1958
[11.21]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening, Perpetual Subject File, D	1953-1957
[11.22]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening, Perpetual Subject File, E	1948-1956
[11.23]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening, Perpetual Subject File, F	1943-1959
[11.24]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening, Perpetual Subject File, Fibers	1918-1942
[11.25]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening, Perpetual Subject File, Foliar Feeding	1951-1956
[11.26]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening, Perpetual Subject File, G	1939-1958
[11.27]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening, Perpetual Subject File, Garden Calendar	1953-1957
[11.28]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening, Perpetual Subject File, Garden Tours	n.d.
[11.29]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening, Perpetual Subject File, Gibrel/Gibberellin	1957-1959
[11.30]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening, Perpetual Subject File, H	1941-1956
[11.31]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening, Perpetual Subject File, I	1949-1959
[11.32]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening, Perpetual Subject File, J	n.d.
[11.33]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening, Perpetual Subject File, K	1950-1956
[11.34]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening, Perpetual Subject File, L	1942-1956
[11.35]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening, Perpetual Subject File, M	1948-1952
[11.36]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening, Perpetual Subject File, N	1949
[11.37]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening, Perpetual Subject File, Nitrogen Fertilizers	1953-1956
[11.38]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening, Perpetual Subject File, Organic Fertilizers	1956
[11.39]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening, Perpetual Subject File, O	1936-1958
[11.40]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening, Perpetual Subject File, P	1939-1959
[11.41]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening, Perpetual Subject File, Q	1952-1953
[11.42]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening, Perpetual Subject File, R	1949-1955
[11.43]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening, Perpetual Subject File, S	1947-1959
[11.44]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening, Perpetual Subject File, Soil Conditioners	1952-1956
[11.45]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening, Perpetual Subject File, Soils; Manure;Fertilizer	1922-1949
[11.46]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening, Perpetual Subject File, T	1937-1957
[11.47]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening, Perpetual Subject File, U-V	1947-1956
[11.48]	Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening, Perpetual Subject File, W-Z	1947-1956

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Series 5. Catalogs.

Scope and Content: This series contains nursery catalogs which Taylor kept either for reference in his writings or for use at Elmwoods. Some catalogs have been removed and are now housed with the NYBG Seed Catalog Collection.
Folder	Title	Date
[11.49]	Catalogs, Fruit	1951-1952
[11.50]	Catalogs, Ornamentals	1948-1954
[11.51]	Catalogs, Seedsmen	1946-1953

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Series 6. Publications.

Scope and Content: The Publications series contains all of Taylor's published works apart from Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening. Interesting here is the transition from his scientific to his popular work through a series of articles he wrote under the pseudonym, "The Naturalist" for the New York Evening Post. Also here is material from the two dictionaries which he served as botanical editor and the series of articles he wrote for the Encyclopedia Britannica. Of interest are the working files, filled with clippings and notes which found their way into his various texts and editions. Correspondence with publishers, including his financial negotiations is found with the work to which it is connected. Other correspondence is found in Series 10: Correspondence. Contracts for his publications are found in Series 7: Contracts. Taylor's unpublished work is found in Series 8: Unpublished Work. Taylor's lectures and notes are found in Series 9: Lecture Notes and Lantern Slides. A scrapbook commemorating the publication of the 4th edition, 1961 is found in Box 14. Also in Box 14 is a scrapbook containing Taylor's research on nature publications as part of his consulting editorship with G.P. Putnam's Sons.
Folder	Title	Date
[12.1]	Botanical Articles	1905-1914
[12.2]	Outdoors With Seeing Eyes (by the Naturalist, NY Evening Post) Scrapbook	1920-1922
[12.3]	American Mercury, The Potato	1932
[12.4]	American Mercury, Vol. 1, No. 1	1924
[12.5]	Webster's New Intl. Dictionary (2nd ed.), Plant Families	1934
[12.6]	Systematic List Cards (Engler & Prantl) [See Box 19]	n.d.
[12.7]	Webster's New Intl. Dictionary, Botanical Dictionary Proposal	1944-1945
[12.8]	Webster's New Intl. Dictionary, Correspondence	1943-1961
[12.9]	Webster's New Intl. Dictionary, 3rd Ed. Correspondence	1946-1962
[12.10]	Cinchona in Java, Personal Copy	1945
[12.11]	Cinchona in Java, Photographs	1945
[12.12]	Cinchona in Java, Reviews	1944-1946
[12.13]	Cinchona in Java, Advertisements	1945
[12.14]	Cinchona in Java, Correspondence	1945
[12.15]	Cinchona in Java, Correspondence, Greenberg Pub.	1947-1958
[12.16]	Flight from Reality, Ms.	1949
[12.17]	Flight from Reality, Ms.	1949
[12.18]	Flight from Reality, Corrected Ms.	1949
[12.19]	from Reality, Ms., (3rd. copy)	1949
[12.20]	Flight from Reality, Introd. & Ch. 4 Typescript	1949
[12.21]	Flight from Reality, Book Jacket	1949
[12.22]	Flight from Reality, Notes	n.d.
[12.23]	Flight from Reality, Working Files, Alcohol	1938-1950
[12.24]	Flight from Reality, Working Files, Caffeine	1939-1941
[12.25]	Flight from Reality, Working Files, Chapi	1945
[12.26]	Flight from Reality, Working Files, Coca	1890-1949
[12.27]	Flight from Reality, Working Files, Hemp	1936-1944
[12.28]	Flight from Reality, Working Files, Ololiuqui and Peyotl	1943
[12.29]	Flight from Reality, Working Files, Opium Notes	1893-1948
[12.30]	Flight from Reality, Working Files, Tobacco	1947-1949
[13.1]	Flight from Reality, Working Files, Misc.	1916-1948
[13.2]	Flight from Reality, Reviews, A.L. Blakeslee	1949
[13.3]	Flight from Reality, Reviews, C.B. Driscoll	1949
[13.4]	Flight from Reality, Reviews, W.G. Rogers	1949
[13.5]	Flight from Reality, Reviews, Misc.	1949
[13.6]	Flight from Reality, Reviews, Scrapbook	1949
[13.7]	Flight from Reality, Correspondence, Publicity	1949
[13.8]	Flight from Reality, Correspondence, Reviews & Gifts	1949-1950
[13.9]	Flight from Reality, Correspondence, Duell-Sloane	1946-1956
[13.10]	Flight from Reality, Correspondence, Film	1950
[13.11]	Flight from Reality, Correspondence, General Public	1949-1950
[13.12]	A Medical Heretic (John Sappington)	1951
[13.13]	Garden Guides, Van Nostrand Publicity	1951-1957
[13.14]	Garden Guides, Van Nostrand Correspondence	1951-1965
[13.15]	Color In The Garden, Ms.	1953
[13.16]	Color In The Garden, Typescript	1953
[13.17]	Color In The Garden, Signatures	1953
[13.18]	Color in the Garden, Notes	1953
[13.19]	Herbs In The Garden, Corrected Typescript	1953
[13.20]	Herbs In The Garden, Ms.	1953
[13.21]	Herbs In The Garden, Reviews	1953-1954
[13.22]	Fragrance In The Garden, Ms.	1953
[13.23]	Fragrance In The Garden, Typescript	1953
[13.24]	Fragrance In The Garden, Reviews	1953-1954
[13.25]	Permanent Garden, Ms.	1953
[13.26]	Permanent Garden, Signatures	1953
[13.27]	Permanent Garden, Reviews	1953
[13.28]	Everblooming Garden, Typescript	1954
[13.29]	Everblooming Garden, Ms.	1954
[13.30]	Everblooming Garden, Reviews	1954
[13.31]	Fruit In The Garden, Book Jacket	1954
[13.32]	Putnam Editorship, Potential Books	1952-1953
[13.33]	Putnam Editorship, Current Nature Publications, Scrapbook [See Box 14]	1952-1953
[13.34]	Putnam Editorship, Current Nature Publications, Clippings [See Box 14]	1952-1953
[13.35]	Fieldbook of American Wildflowers, Correspondence, G.P. Putnam's	1952-1956
[13.36]	Fieldbook of American Wildflowers, Reviews	1956
[13.37]	Wildflower Gardening, Reviews	1955-1958
[13.38]	Taylor's Garden Guide, Bound Edition	1957
[13.39]	Taylor's Garden Guide, Reviews	1957
[13.40]	Taylor's Garden Guide, Laurel Edition, Dell Correspondence	1961-1962
[13.41]	Guide To Garden Flowers, Correspondence	1958-1966
[13.42]	Guide To Garden Flowers, Notes	[1958]
[13.43]	Guide To Garden Flowers, First Printing	1958
[13.44]	Guide To Garden Flowers, Correspondence	1953-1958
[13.45]	Guide To Garden Flowers, Correspondence, Salgado, Eduardo	1955-1960
[13.46]	Guide To Garden Flowers, Reviews	1958
[14.2]	Putnam Editorship, Current Nature Publications, Scrapbook	1952-1953
[14.3]	Putnam Editorship, Current Nature Publications, Clippings	1952-1953
[15.1]	1001 Questions Answered About Plants, Ms.	1963
[15.2]	1001 Questions Answered About Plants, Ms.	1963
[15.3]	1001 Questions Answered About Plants, Correspondence, Dodd-Mead	1961-1965
[15.4]	1001 Questions Answered About Plants, Correspondence, Doubleday	1963-1964
[15.5]	Ageless Relicts, Ms.	1963
[15.6]	Ageless Relicts, Rough Drafts	1963
[15.7]	Ageless Relicts, Corrected Typescript	1963
[15.8]	Ageless Relicts, Partial Draft	n.d.
[15.9]	Ageless Relicts, Sequoia Illustrations	1954-1963
[15.10]	Ageless Relicts, Book Jacket	1962
[15.11]	Ageless Relicts, Bound Edition	1962
[15.12]	Ageless Relicts, Working Files, Sequoias in the East	n.d.
[15.13]	Ageless Relicts, Working Files, Sequoia Taxonomy	n.d.
[15.14]	Ageless Relicts, Working Files, 1872 AAAS Meeting in Dubuque	1954
[15.15]	Ageless Relicts, Working Files, Big Tree Age	1954
[15.16]	Ageless Relicts, Working Files, Big Tree Descriptions	1954
[15.17]	Ageless Relicts, Working Files, Big Tree Exhibits	1954
[15.18]	Ageless Relicts, Working Files, Big Trees, Goldrush	1954
[15.19]	Ageless Relicts, Working Files,Big Trees, History	n.d.
[15.20]	Ageless Relicts, Working Files, Big Trees, Paleontology	1956
[15.21]	Ageless Relicts, Working Files, Jepson's Trees, Shrubs	n.d.
[15.22]	Ageless Relicts, Working Files, Redwood History & Paleontology	1954
[15.23]	Ageless Relicts, Working Files, Redwood Lumbering	1929-1952
[15.24]	Ageless Relicts, Working Files, Redwoods, Calif.	n.d.
[15.25]	Ageless Relicts, Working Files, Redwoods, Oregon	1954
[15.26]	Ageless Relicts, Working Files, Save-the-Redwood League	1959-1962
[15.27]	Ageless Relicts, Working Files, Sequoia Bibliography	1954-1956
[15.28]	Ageless Relicts, Working Files, Sequoia Bibliographic Notes	1954
[15.29]	Ageless Relicts, Reviews	1963-1964
[15.30]	Ageless Relicts, Correspondence	1962-1963
[15.31]	Ageless Relicts, Correspondence, St. Martins Press	1957-1962
[15.32]	Narcotics, Nature's Dangerous Gifts, Dell Revisions	1951-1961
[15.33]	Narcotics, Nature's Dangerous Gifts, Working Files, Alcohol	1951-1956
[15.34]	Narcotics, Nature's Dangerous Gifts, Working Files, Coca	1951-1961
[15.35]	Narcotics, Nature's Dangerous Gifts, Working Files, Coffee, Tea, Chocolate	1952-1961
[15.36]	Narcotics, Nature's Dangerous Gifts, Working Files, Kava & Misc.	1951
[15.37]	Narcotics, Nature's Dangerous Gifts, Working Files, Marijuana	1951-1967
[15.38]	Narcotics, Nature's Dangerous Gifts, Working Files, Narcotics	1951-1962
[15.39]	Narcotics, Nature's Dangerous Gifts, Working Files, Narcotics Addiction	n.d.
[15.40]	Narcotics, Nature's Dangerous Gifts, Working Files, Nicotine	1967
[15.41]	Narcotics, Nature's Dangerous Gifts, Working Files, Opium	1951-1964
[15.42]	Narcotics, Nature's Dangerous Gifts, Working Files, Peyotyl/Mescaline	1953-1954
[15.43]	Narcotics, Nature's Dangerous Gifts, Working Files Wasson, Gordon R.	1956-1958
[15.44]	Narcotics, Nature's Dangerous Gifts, Working Files, Plant Drugs, etc.	1935
[15.45]	Narcotics, Nature's Dangerous Gifts, Working Files, Respiratory Failure	1965
[15.46]	Narcotics, Nature's Dangerous Gifts, Working Files, Richard E. Schultes	1960-1963
[15.47]	Narcotics, Nature's Dangerous Gifts, Working Files, Tobacco	1952-1965
[15.48]	Narcotics, Nature's Dangerous Gifts, Working Files, Tranquilizers	1950-1964
[16.1]	Narcotics, Nature's Dangerous Gifts, Working Files, U.N. Data on Narcotics	1960-1961
[16.2]	Narcotics, Nature's Dangerous Gifts, Working Files, Correspondence	1963-1967
[16.3]	Narcotics, Nature's Dangerous Gifts, Working Files, Correspondence, Dell	1962-1966
[16.4]	Plant Drugs That Changed the World, Ms.	1965
[16.5]	Plant Drugs That Changed the World, Ms.	1965
[16.6]	Plant Drugs That Changed the World, Typescript	1965
[16.7]	Plant Drugs That Changed the World, Correspondence	1970
[16.8]	Plant Drugs That Changed the World, Correspondence, Dodd, Mead	1964-1966
[16.9]	Plant Drugs That Changed the World, Working Files, Botanical Medicine	1965
[16.10]	Plant Drugs That Changed the World, Working Files, Coca, Chaulmoogra, Ergot, Steroids	1950-1964
[16.11]	Plant Drugs That Changed the World, Working Files, Curare	n.d.
[16.12]	Plant Drugs That Changed the World, Working Files, Drug Toxicity	1965
[16.13]	Plant Drugs That Changed the World, Working Files, Ephedra	n.d.
[16.14]	Plant Drugs That Changed the World, Working Files, LSD	1963
[16.15]	Plant Drugs That Changed the World, Working Files, Rauwolfia	1956
[16.16]	Plant Drugs That Changed the World, Working Files, Quinine	n.d.
[16.17]	Plant Drugs That Changed the World, Working Files, Lethal Cousins of the Potato	n.d.
[16.18]	Plant Drugs That Changed the World, Working Files, Helpful Poisoners	n.d.
[16.19]	Plant Drugs That Changed the World, Working Files, Cathartic Racket	n.d.
[16.20]	Plant Drugs That Changed the World, Working Files, Pain Killers	n.d.
[16.21]	Plant Drugs That Changed the World, Working Files, Withering [Digitalis]	n.d.
[16.22]	Plant Drugs That Changed the World, Working Files, Drug Seekers	n.d.
[16.23]	Guide to Garden Shrubs and Trees, Ms.	ca. 1965
[16.24]	Guide to Garden Shrubs and Trees, Ms.	ca. 1965
[16.25]	Guide to Garden Shrubs and Trees, Ms.	ca. 1965
[16.26]	Guide to Garden Shrubs and Trees, Typescript	1962
[16.27]	Guide to Garden Shrubs and Trees, Illustration Lists	1963
[16.28]	Guide to Garden Shrubs and Trees, Correspondence, Houghton-Mifflin	1958-1964
[16.29]	Guide to Garden Shrubs and Trees, Reviews	1966
[17.1]	American Heritage Dictionary, Definitions [19 fldrs.]	ca. 1965
[17.2]	American Heritage Dictionary, Editorial, Content Analysis	1964
[17.3]	American Heritage Dictionary, Editorial, Comparison with Webster's 3	n.d.
[17.4]	American Heritage Dictionary, Editorial, Sources	1947-1954
[17.5]	American Heritage Dictionary, Editorial, Plant Families	1965
[17.6]	American Heritage Dictionary, Editorial, Scope and Directions	1965
[17.7]	American Heritage Dictionary, Contributor Correspondence, Bingham, A.	1966-1967
[17.8]	American Heritage Dictionary, Contributor Correspondence, Davis-Peterson	1965-1966
[17.9]	American Heritage Dictionary, Contributor Correspondence, Steere, W.	1965-1966
[17.10]	American Heritage Dictionary, Contributor Correspondence, Woodward, C.	1965-1966
[17.11]	American Heritage Dictionary, Contributor Correspondence, Misc., .	1965
[17.12]	American Heritage Dictionary, Publisher Correspondence	1962-1966
[17.13]	American Heritage Dictionary, Publisher Correspondence, Morris, W.	1962-1967
[17.14]	American Heritage Dictionary, Expense Invoices	1965-1966
[18.1]	Encyclopedia Brittanica, Ms.	1958
[18.2]	Encyclopedia Brittanica, Article Proofs	1967
[18.3]	Encyclopedia Brittanica, Correspondence	1943-1964

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Series 7. Contracts.

Scope and Content: This series contains the contracts and transfers of rights linked to many of Taylor's works.
Folder	Title	Date
[18.4]	10001 Questions	1961
[18.5]	Flight from Reality	1947
[18.6]	Van Nostrand Guides	1953-1966
[18.7]	Fieldbook of American Wildflowers	1954-1964
[18.8]	Ageless Relicts	1962
[18.9]	Narcotics, Nature's Dangerous Gift	1962

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Series 8. Unpublished Works.

Scope and Content: Taylor wrote some pieces on speculation on non-botanical subjects that never found a publisher. Richardson's Juvenile Encyclopedia, for which his work was solicited was never issued. His essay on the Bittersweet Origin of Chocolate, while not published at the time led to Flight from Reality where it appears as a chapter.
Folder	Title	Date
[18.10]	Advertising and the Consumer, Notes	1926
[18.11]	Advertising and the Consumer, Ms.	1926
[18.12]	Advertising and the Consumer, Typescript	1926
[18.13]	Advertising and the Consumer, Agent's Copy	1926
[18.14]	Advertising and the Consumer, Publisher Queries	1926
[18.15]	Richardson's Juvenile Encyclopedia], Article Mss. [5 fldrs.]	1929-1932
[18.16]	[Richardson's Juvenile Encyclopedia], Typescripts	1929-1932
[18.17]	[Richardson's Juvenile Encyclopedia], Correspondence	1929-1932
[18.18]	Advertising Jingles	1932
[18.19]	Bittersweet Origin of Sweet Chocolate	1933
[18.20]	Calendar for the Civilized, Ms. [2fldrs.]	1936
[18.21]	Calendar for the Civilized, Source Material	1936-1964
[18.22]	[Botanical Dictionary], Queries	1967
[18.23]	Why Plants Grow, Ms.	[1967]
[18.24]	Why Plants Grow, Typescript	[1967]
[18.25]	Why Plants Grow, Correspondence and Notes	1967

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Series 9. Lecture Notes and Lantern Slides.

Scope and Content: Taylor's explorations in Brazil and the Caribbean provided material for public lectures at the New York and Brooklyn Botanical Gardens. His notes and Lantern Slides, many of which are from commercial houses are found here. Later, his renown as an expert on gardens brought him many lucrative lecture engagements around the country. Correspondence associated with these appearances is found in this series. Material related to lectures and interviews he gave as a representative of the Cinchona Products Institute are found in Series 2: Cinchona Products Institute.
Folder	Title	Date
[18.26]	Lecture Notices,	1916-1920
[18.27]	Haiti and Santo Domingo	n.d.
[18.28]	Brazil Lecture	1928-1929
[18.29]	Brazil Lecture Cards [See Box 19]	1928-1929
[18.30]	Brazil and the Jungle Lecture Cards [See Box 19]	n.d.
[18.31]	Brazil Slides [Boxes 20-24]	n.d.
[18.32]	Haiti and Santo Domingo	n.d.
[18.33]	Shrubs & Trees Cards	n.d.
[18.34]	Shrubs & Trees Slides, Boxes 25-27	n.d.
[18.35]	Gardening Lecture Correspondence	1932-1962
[18.36]	Wildflower Lecture Cards [See Box 19]	n.d.
[18.37]	Pocomoke Wildflower Lecture Cards [See Box 19]	n.d.
[19.1]	Brazil Lecture Cards	1928-1929
[19.2]	Brazil and the Jungle Lecture Cards	n.d.
[19.3]	Shrubs and Trees	n.d.
[19.4]	Wildflower Lecture Cards	n.d.
[19.5]	Pocomoke Wildflower Lecture Cards	n.d.
[19.6]	Systematic List (Engler and Prantl)	n.d.
Box	Title	Date
20-24	Brazil Slides	n.d.
25-27	Shrubs & Trees Slides	n.d.

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Series 10. Correspondence.

Scope and Content: This series contains Taylor's correspondence outside his work with the Cinchona Products Institute. Contained here are letters to and from his publishers and associates. Taylor's memberships in the Century, Cosmos and Explorers' Clubs are thoroughly documented as are his socio/political interests, especially his support of Victor Krevchenko, a dissident from Soviet Russia. There is no personal correspondence in this series and save snapshots taken by the Taylor's on their travels, there is no personal biographic material in the collection.
Folder	Title	Date
[28.1]	A	1912-1961
[28.2]	Adams, Charles C.	1938-1952
[28.3]	Allen, Paul	1942-1952
[28.4]	American Association for the Advancement of Science	1950-1955
[28.5]	American Boxwood Society	1961-1962
[28.6]	American Garden Guild Book Club	1952-1957
[28.7]	American Heritage	1962-1964
[28.8]	American Horticultural Council	1950-1955
[28.9]	B	1915-1963
[28.10]	Bailey, Liberty Hyde	1948
[28.11]	Britton, N.L.	1916-1918
[28.12]	Book of the Month Club	1964
[28.13]	C	1927-1963
[28.14]	Camp, W.H.	1952-1955
[28.15]	Century Association	1958-1965
[28.16]	Cocktail Party	1961
[28.17]	Cosmos Club	1951-1964
[28.18]	D	1918-1964
[28.19]	E-G	1939-1953
[28.20]	Explorers Club	1947-1966
[28.21]	F	1951-1962
[28.22]	G	1915-1952
[28.23]	Gardeners Job Sheets	1966
[28.24]	Guaranty Trust Co. of N.Y.	1951-1966
[28.25]	H	1917-1961
[28.26]	Haaren, van, Nicolas L.J.	1944-1950
[28.27]	Hagen, von, Victor W.	1945-1958
[28.28]	Harper & Bros.	1949-1961
[28.29]	Heide, van der, Homan	1949
[28.30]	Hocking, G.M.	1951-1954
[28.31]	J	1925-1953
[28.32]	K	1950-1964
[28.33]	Kravchenko, Victor	1946-1949
[28.34]	L	1926-1964
[28.35]	M	1951-1958
[28.36]	McGraw-Hill	1949-1963
[28.37]	McIntosh & Otis	1950-1954
[28.38]	Mass. Horticultural Society	1953-1964
[28.39]	Merck & Co.	1945-1952
[28.40]	Metropolitan Opera	1966-1967
[28.41]	Moore, Barrington	1946-1949
[28.42]	Morrison, B.Y.	1945-1966
[28.43]	N	1946-1965
[28.44]	N.Y. Academy of Medicine	1952-1963
[28.45]	N.Y. Botanical Garden	1938-1967
[28.46]	O	1954-1957
[28.47]	Other Publishers	1951
[28.48]	P	1949-1966
[28.49]	Players	1954-1966
[28.50]	R	1955-1963
[28.51]	Random House	1944-1954
[28.52]	Russia	1946-1966
[28.53]	S	1949-1965
[28.54]	Salgado, Eduardo	1955-1960
[28.55]	Saturday Review of Literature	1939-1954
[28.56]	Sequoia, Ageless Relics	1962-1963
[28.57]	Silent Spring	1962
[28.58]	Sterling Forest Gardens	1958-1961
[28.59]	T	1947-1954
[28.60]	University Microfilms	1965
[28.61]	V	1914-1965

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Series 11. Studies.

Scope and Content: Taylor was educated under the tutelage of NYBG personnel Nathaniel Lord Britton and G.V. Nash. This series contains his early notebooks and studies on taxonomic classification and his collection of G.V. Nash reprints. His studies on Cohune Palm Oil and Tung Oil are commercial in nature. Other early studies are found in the Series 3: Flora of Long Island.
Folder	Title	Date
[29.1]	George V. Nash reprints	1900-1907
[29.2]	George V. Nash reprints	1900-1907
[29.3]	Characters of Flowering Plants Arranged According to Engler & Prantl	1905
[29.4]	Endemism	ca. 1917
[29.5]	Cohune Palm Oil	1918
[29.6]	Tung Fruit Oil	1943
[29.7]	Origin and Dispersal of Herbaceous Angiosperms, Notes	n.d.

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Series 12. Expeditions and Travel.

Scope and Content: This series contains journals, notes, photographs, correspondence and memorabilia dating from Taylor's first expeditions accompanying Nathaniel Lord Britton and G.V. Nash and his search for Chicle in Brazil through the extended European and world tours undertaken by Taylor and his wife Margaretta Stephenson Taylor in the 1960's. Material from the Brazilian expedition is also found in Series 9: Lecture Notes and Lantern Slides. A scrapbook of their 1961 European tour and oversized material from this trip is found in Box 30.
Folder	Title	Date
[5.6]	Sydney Botanic Gardens Map (Expeditions and Travel)	n.d.
[5.7]	Pointed Wood Stick (Expeditions and Travel?)	n.d.
[29.8]	Inagua, Journal	1904
[29.9]	Haiti with G.V. Nash, Journal	1905-1907
[29.10]	Haiti and Dominican Republic, Notes	1911-1917
[29.11]	Haiti and Dominican Republic, Photographs	ca. 1911
[29.12]	Dominican Republic Weather Records	1909
[29.13]	Brazil, Journal	1928-1929
[29.14]	Brazil, Chicle Development Co., Report and Article	1929
[29.15]	Brazil, Balata, Chicle, & Gutta, Sample Keys	[1929]
[29.16]	Brazil, Correspondence	1928-1930
[29.17]	Travel Reservations	1951-1967
[29.18]	World Trip	1958-1959
[29.19]	Europe, Itinerary	1961
[29.20]	Europe, Journal	1961
[29.21]	Europe, Gotesborg Botaniska Tradgard	1961
[29.22]	Europe, Italy	1961
[29.23]	Europe, Italy, Taylor Torino Publishers	1960
[29.24]	Europe, Denmark/Sweden	1961
[29.25]	Europe, Austria/Switzerland	1961
[29.26]	Europe, Belgium/Holland	1961
[29.27]	Europe, France	1961
[29.28]	Europe, Gibralter/Spain	1961
[29.29]	Europe, Photographs	1961
[29.30]	Europe, Scrapbook [See Box 30]	n.d.
[29.31]	England & Scotland, Itinerary	1963
[29.32]	England & Scotland, Norman Taylor Notes	1963
[29.33]	England & Scotland, Margaretta Stephenson Taylor Notes	1963
[29.34]	England & Scotland, Horticulture Pamphlets	1963
[29.35]	England & Scotland, Scotland	1963
[29.36]	England & Scotland, Scotland, Inverewe Garden	1963
[29.37]	England & Scotland, Wales	1963
[29.38]	England & Scotland, England	1963
[29.39]	England & Scotland, Cotswolds	1963
[29.40]	England & Scotland, Photographs	1963
[29.41]	Riviera Trip, Journal	1965
[29.42]	Riviera Trip, Itinerary	1965
[29.43]	Riviera Trip, Margaretta Stephenson Taylor Notes	1965
[29.44]	Riviera Trip, San Remo	1965
[29.45]	Riviera Trip, French Riviera	1965
[29.46]	Riviera Trip, Monaco	1965
[29.47]	Riviera Trip, S. Margherita/Porto Fino	1965
[29.48]	Riviera Trip, Ferrara, Padua, Genoa, Milano	1965
[29.49]	Riviera Trip, Ventimiglia, La Mortola	1965
[29.50]	Riviera Trip, Bologna, Ravenna, Rome	1965
[29.51]	Riviera Trip, Verona	1965
[29.52]	Riviera Trip, Verona, Giardino Giusti Postcards	1965
[29.53]	Riviera Trip, Photographs	1965
[29.54]	Riviera Trip, Leonard da Vinci Ship's Menus [See Box 30]	1965
[31.1]	Around the World, Itinerary	1967
[31.2]	Around the World, Journal	1967
[31.3]	Around the World, Postcards	1967
[31.4]	Around the World, Margaretta Stephenson Taylor Notes	1967
[31.5]	Around the World, Steamship Brochures	1967
[31.6]	Around the World, Galilleo Photographs	1967
[31.7]	Around the World, Australia	1967
[31.8]	Around the World, Australian Botanical Picture Postcards	1967
[31.9]	Around the World, Australia, Sydney Botanical Garden Map [See Box 5]	n.d.
[31.10]	Around the World, Australia, Photographs	1967
[31.11]	Around the World, Singapore, Bombay Photographs	1967
[31.12]	Around the World, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Hawaii Photographs	1967
[31.13]	Around the World, New Zealand, Photographs	1967

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Series 13. Awards.

Scope and Content: This series contains correspondence, publicity, citations and the physical awards bestowed on Norman Taylor. In 1936 he was given the Gold Medal from the Massachusetts Horticultural Society for the Garden Dictionary. The NYBG gave him its Distinguished Service Award in 1961 and the American Horticultural Society gave him its Liberty Hyde Bailey Medal for lifetime achievement in 1963. Material concerning his honorary Ph.D. from Washington College, Chestertown, Md. is found in Series 14: Personal Files.
Folder	Title	Date
[31.14]	NYBG Award	1961
[31.15]	American Horticultural Society Award	1963
[31.16]	Medal, Mass. Horticultural Society [See Box 35]	1936
[31.17]	Medal, American Horticultural Society [See Box 35]	1936
Box	Title	Date
35	Medal, Mass. Horticultural Society	1936
35	Medal, American Horticultural Society	1963

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Series 14. Personal Files.

Scope and Content: This series contains material related to Taylor's professional career and personal life, including his bibliographies and curricula vitae. Other materials in this series include files related to Elmwood, his home on Maryland's eastern shore, personal letters to editors, materials related to his club memberships and his personal lists of movies, concerts and operas he witnessed. A scrapbook of biographical data is found in Box 30. The card catalog for his personal library, donated to NYBG, also in this series, is found in Boxes 36 and 37. Box 38 holds the metal containers in which his card catalog was originally filed.
Folder	Title	Date
[31.18]	Biographical Data	1949-1967
[31.19]	Biographical Scrapbook, [See Box 30]	n.d.
[31.20]	Bibliography	1905-1965
[31.21]	Clippings	1950-1966
[31.22]	Favorite Quotations	n.d.
[31.23]	Letters to the Editor	1914-1967
[31.24]	Science and the Race Problem	1963-1965
[31.25]	Elmwood, East Coast Tide Tables	1967
[31.26]	Elmwood, Planting Records	1947-1956
[31.27]	Washington College	1958-1963
[31.28]	Century Association Yearbook	1969
[31.29]	Club Memberships	1962-1964
[31.30]	Opera Personnae	1945-1966
[31.31]	Concert Appraisals	1905-1914
[31.32]	Bowling Scores	1962-1965
[31.33]	Movies, A-M [See Box 32]	1944-1967
[31.34]	Movies, N-Z [See Box 33]	1944-1967
[31.35]	Personal Library, A-N, [See Box 36]	n.d.
[31.36]	Personal Library, O-P, [See Box 37]	n.d.
[31.37]	Personal Library Index Card Container [See Box 38]	n.d.
Box	Title	Date
32	Movies A-M	1947-1967
33	Movies N-Z	1947-1967
36	Personal Library Index Cards A-N	n.d.
37	Personal Library Index Cards O-Z	n.d.
38	Personal Library Index Card Container	n.d.

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Series 15. Negatives.

Scope and Content: This series contains negatives separated from preceding series. Negatives are identified identically to the series and folders from which they were separated. Negatives from snapshots of the Taylor's' tours predominate.
Folder	Title	Date
[31.40]	Cinchona Scientific File, Morocco, Puerto Rico	ca. 1938
[31.41]	Cinchona Scientific File [See Box 34]	n.d.
[31.42]	Expeditions and Travel [See Box 34]	n.d.
[34.1]	Cinchona Scientific File, Relief Map of Guatemala	n.d.
[34.2]	Cinchona Scientific File, Puerto Rico	n.d.
[34.3]	Encyclopedia of Gardening, Working Files, E	n.d.
[34.4]	Expeditions and Travel, Europe, 1961	n.d.
[34.5]	Expeditions and Travel, England and Scotland	1963
[34.6]	Expeditions and Travel, Riviera	1965
[34.7]	Expeditions and Travel, Around the World	1967

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