Extensive travel through the Miami & Keys areas at a time when major changes were being made on the natural vegetation put John K. Small in contact with a rapidly disappearing landscape. This volume honors Small's important contributions to scientific research & conservation.

This field book documents John Kunkel Small's botanical collecting in Florida from 1901-1909. The book is comprised of a list of specimens numbered 1-2980, with some numbers left blank. Entries typically include both genus and species. Location is described by nearby place name, chiefly in southern Florida in the vicinity of Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and the Everglades. Specimens were collected on New York Botanical Garden expeditions in 1901 (with G.V. Nash), 1903, 1904 (with P. Wilson), 1906 (with J.J. Carter), and 1909 (with J.J. Carter). A loose sheet is included in a pocket, listing specimen numbers 22048-22049, 22051-22053, 22056, 22058 from Panama and Cuba.

This field book documents John Kunkel Small's botanical collecting in Florida from 1901-1909. The book is comprised of a list of specimens numbered 1-2099, with some numbers left blank. It accompanies Field notes Vol. 1, which lists the same specimen numbers (1-2980). Some entries in Vol. 1a are crossed out or corrected, and it appears this book was created first and entries were later copied into the other volume. Entries typically include both genus and species. Location is described by nearby place name, chiefly in southern Florida in the vicinity of Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and the Everglades. Specimens were collected on New York Botanical Garden expeditions in 1901 (with G.V. Nash), 1903, 1904 (with P. Wilson), 1906 (with J.J. Carter), and 1909 (with J.J. Carter). Seven loose sheets are included in a pocket, with notes on various specimen numbers.

This field book documents John Kunkel Small's botanical collecting in Florida from 1915-1918. The book is comprised of a list of specimens numbered 5961-8960, with some numbers left blank. Entries typically include both genus and species. Location is described by nearby place name, chiefly in southern Florida in the vicinity of Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and the Everglades. Many entries are dated. Specimens were collected on New York Botanical Garden expeditions in 1915, 1916, 1917, and 1918.

This field book documents John Kunkel Small's botanical collecting in Florida from 1910-1918. The book is comprised of a list of specimens numbered 2100-3235, with some numbers left blank. Only 104 of the 192 pages are used. It accompanies and lists the same specimen numbers as Field notes Vol. 1 (1-2980) and Vol. 2 (2981-5960). Some entries in Vol. 2a pt. 1 are crossed out or corrected, and it appears this book was created first and entries were later copied into the other volumes. Entries typically include both genus and species. Location is described by nearby place name, chiefly in southern Florida in the vicinity of Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and the Everglades. Specimens were collected on New York Botanical Garden expeditions in 1901 (with G.V. Nash), 1903, 1904 (with P. Wilson), 1906 (with J.J. Carter), 1909 (with J.J. Carter), 1909 (with J.J. Carter), 1911 (with H. de Vries), 1912 (with H. de Vries), 1913, and 1915. Six loose sheets are included in a pocket, with notes on various specimen numbers.

This field book documents John Kunkel Small's botanical collecting in Florida from 1909-1915. The book is comprised of a list of specimens numbered 2981-5960, with some numbers left blank. Entries typically include both genus and species. Location is described by nearby place name, chiefly in southern Florida in the vicinity of Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and the Everglades. Specimens were collected on New York Botanical Garden expeditions in 1909 (with J.J. Carter), 1911 (with H. de Vries), 1912 (with H. de Vries), 1913, and 1915.

This folder documents John Kunkel Small's botanical collecting in Florida from 1901-1918. The folder contains a collection of 34 loose sheets of various sizes comprised of notes on assorted specimen numbers (some typed and some handwritten) and typed correspondence. It accompanies and references the same specimen numbers as Field notes Vol. 1 (1-2980), Vol. 2 (2981-5960), and Vol. 3 (5961-8960). Location of collecting was chiefly in southern Florida in the vicinity of Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and the Everglades. Specimens were collected on New York Botanical Garden expeditions in 1901 (with G.V. Nash), 1903, 1904 (with P. Wilson), 1906 (with J.J. Carter), 1909 (with J.J. Carter), 1909 (with J.J. Carter), 1911 (with H. de Vries), 1912 (with H. de Vries), 1913, 1915, 1916, 1917, and 1918. Correspondence includes two letters from Alexander W. Evans, Yale University Osborn Botanical Laboratory, Feb. 26, 1916 and Feb. 28, 1916; a letter from C.G. Lloyd, Lloyd Library, Cincinnati, Ohio, Nov. 7, 1916; and a letter from A.S. Hitchcock, United States Dept. of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry, Mar. 21, 1912. Also included is two pages of Sullivant Moss Society exchange list of Hepaticae found in United States and Canada, compiled by Miss Caroline Coventry Haynes (undated, possibly 1912).