![]() ![]() She traveled to Florida several times between 18 to investigate insectivorous plants further. Treat wrote letters to engage in botanical and entomological discourse not only with Darwin and Gray, but Auguste Forel and Gustav Mayr as well. It was through Gray that she was introduced to Charles Darwin. She also collected plants and insects for other researchers, one of whom was the eminent Harvard botanist Asa Gray. Her book, Injurious Insects of the Farm and Field, originally published in 1882, was reprinted five times. Beginning in 1870, she published popular naturalist pieces in Garden and Forest, Hearth and Home, Harper's, and Lippincott's. Following separation from her husband in 1874, Treat supported herself by publishing popular science articles for periodicals such as Harpers and Queen. Her research quickly expanded from entomology to ornithology and botany, detailing bird and plant life in the southern New Jersey region and specifically the Pine Barrens. Over 28 years she wrote 76 scientific and popular articles as well as five books. Treat’s first scientific article was a note published in The American Entomologist when she was 39 years old. ![]() After her move to New Jersey, Treat began her scientific studies in earnest, and collaborated with her husband on entomology articles and research. ![]()
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