James W. Toumey agricultural correspondence

Correspondence between James Toumey and professional colleagues, private plant collectors, and staff from well-known gardens, from 1892 to 1898. There is also a small amount of private correspondence and career-related correspondence including a letter recruiting him to the Correspondence between James Toumey and professional colleagues, private plant University of Arizona. Most of the correspondence relates to sharing cacti and other plant samples in exchange for samples from the letter writer. There are letters requesting cacti samples from many individuals and schools as well as from staff at the Kew Gardens in England. Some letters concern plant diseases including one from Alexander Barker of the San Pedro Ranch in Arizona which concerns fungus growing on wheat. There are a few letters with questions about insects or bats.