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Speeches of Forrest Shreve

Forrest Shreve, 1878-1950, was a botanist and desert plant ecologist. Shreve served on the staff of the Desert Botanical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution, Tucson, Arizona, from 1908 to 1929, and as director from 1929 to 1938. Collection includes transcripts of five speeches, including author's corrections, relating to Shreve's work at the laboratory.