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EXPLANATIONS 



Following are the authors most frequently cited in 

 this Cyclopedia: 



ADANS. Michael Adanson, 1727-1806. France. 



AIT. William Aiton, 1731-1793. England. 



Air. f. William Townsend Aiton, the son, 1766-1849. 

 England. 



ALL. Carlo Allioni. 1725-1804. Italy. 



ANDEBS., T. Thomas Anderson, Director of Botanic Gar- 

 den in Calcutta. 



ANDB. Henry C. Andrews, botanical artist and engraver, 

 conducted The Botanist*' Repository from 1799- 

 1811, and illustrated books on heaths, geraniums and 

 roses. 



A NI> BE. Edward Andre, 1840-1911, first editor of Illustra- 

 tion Horticole, later editor-in-chief of Revue Horticole. 



ANT. Franz Antoine, director of the royal gardens at 

 Schdnbrunn, 1815. 



ABK. George Arnold Walker Arnott, 1799-1868. Scot- 

 land. 



ARCHES*. Paul Aschenon, professor of botany, Berlin. 

 1834-1913. 



ACBL. J. B. C. F. Aublet, 1720-1778. France. 



Acer., AUTH. Authors; referring to usage by various or 

 many writers. 



BACKH. J. Backhous, English botanist and traveler. 



BAILL. H. Baillon, author of the great natural history of 

 plants in French. 



BAKKK. John Gilbert Baker, formerly keeper of the Her- 

 bariiftn of the Royal Gardens, Kew, England. 



HALT. Charles Baltet, frequent contributor to Revue 

 Horticole. 



BABT. William P. C. Barton, 1787-1856. Pennsylvania. 



BABTB. WUIiam Bartram, 1739-1823. American botanist. 



BATEII. James Bateman, writer and student of orchids. 

 England. 



BEAUV. Ambroise Marie Francois Joseph Palisot de 

 Beauvois, 1755-1820. France. 



BECC. O. Beccari, Italian botanist and writer on E. Indian 

 botany. 



BECK. Lewis C. Beck, 1798-1853. New York. 



BEIMN. L. He-issuer, Inspector of the Botanic Gardens 

 at Bonn, and Instructor at Poppelsdorf. Pub. "Hand- 

 buch der Nadelholzkuude." 



BENTH. George Bentbam, 1800-1884, one of the dis- 

 tinguished botanists of England; one of the authors 

 of Beutham & Hooker's "Genera Plantarum." 



BENTH. & HOOK. George Bentham and J. D. Hooker 

 authors of "Genera Plantarum." England. 



BEBOEB. Ernst Berger, died 1853. Germany. 



BEBNH. Johann Jacob Bcmhardi, 1774-1850. Germany. 



BEBT. Carlo Guiaeptx; Bertero, 1789-1831. Died between 

 Tahite and Chile. 



BIEB. Friedrich August Marschall von Bicrberstcin, 1768- 

 1826. German botanist; lived later in Russia. 



BIOEL. Jacob Bigelow, 1787-1879. Massachusetts. 



Hi. 'MI. Karl Ludwig Blume, born 1796 at Braunschweig, 

 died 1862 at Leyden. Wrote much on Javan plants. 



Bom. Desir Georges Jean Marie Bois, editor of Revue 

 Horticole. Paris. 



BOIM. Edmond Boissier, 1810-1886. Switzerland. Author 

 of "Flora Orientalis" and other works. 



BOJEB. W. Bojer, 1800-1856, author of a Flora of Mauri- 

 tius. Austria. 



BONPL. Aime Bonpland. 1773-1858. France. 



BOBKH. Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen, 1760-1806. Ger- 

 many. 



BB., N. E. N. E. Brown, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 



England. 

 BB., R. Robert Brown, bom 1773, Scotland, died ! 



London. Author of many ixuportant works. 

 BRIT. Nathaniel Lord Brittou, Director of New York 



Botanical Garden, New York City. 

 BBONU.V. Adolphe Theodore Bronguiart, 1801-1876. 



France. 

 BUCH.-HAU. Francis Buchanan, later Lord Hamilton, 



wrote on Indian plants. 

 BCCKL. Samuel Botsford Buckley, 1809-1884. United 



States. 



BULL. William Bull, plant merchant. London. 

 BULL. Pierre Bulliard, 1742-1793, author of the great 



"Herbier de la France" in 12 folio volumes, with 600 



plates. 



BUNGE. Alexander von Bunge, 1803-1890. Russia. 

 BURIC. Johannes Burmann, 1706-1779, professor at 



Amsterdam, wrote on plants of Ceylon and Malabar. 

 Burnt, f. Nickolous Laurens Burmann, 1734-1793. Son 



of Johannes. 

 CAJUL Elie Abel Carriere, 1816-1896, distinguished French 



botanist and horticulturist, editor of Revue Horticole. 

 CABP. Robert Caspary, professor of botany at University 



of Kdnigsberg. 1818-1887. 

 CABS. Alexandra Henri Gabriel Cassini, Comte de. 1781- 



1832. France. 



CAV. Antonio Jose Cavanilles, 1745-1804. Spain. 

 CEBV. Vincente Cervantes, 1759(?)-1829. Spanish botanist. 

 CHAM. Adalbert von Chamisso, poet and naturalist, 



1781-1838. Germany. 

 OHAPM. Alvan Wentworth Chapman, 1809-1899, author 



of "Flora of the Southern United States." 

 CHOW. Jacques Denys Choisy, 1799-1859. Switzerland. 

 CLOB. Dominique Clou, professor of botany and director 



of the gardens at Toulouse. Born 1821. 

 COON. Alfred Cogniaux, French botanist. 

 COLEBB. Henry Thomas Colebrooke, 1765-1837. England. 

 COLLA. Luigi Colla, 1766-1848. France. 

 CGULTEB. John M. Coulter, University of Chicago. 

 CUNN. Richard Cunningham, 1793-1835. Colonial bot- 

 anist in Australia. 

 CUNN., A. Allan Cunningham, bom 1791, Scotland, died 



1839, Sidney, Australia. Brother of Richard. 

 CUBT. William Curtis, 1746-1799. England. Founder 



of the Botanical Magazine, now known as Curtis' 



Botanical Magazine. 



CUBTIS. Moses Ashley Curtis, 1808-1873. North Car- 

 olina. 



DC. Augustin Pyramus De Candolle, 1778-1841, projec- 

 tor of the Prodromus, and head of a distinguished 



family. Alphonse De Candolle, the son (1806-1893), 



and Casimir De Candolle, the grandson, are also 



quoted in this work. 



DECNE. Joseph Decaisne, 1809-1882. France. 

 D. DON. See Don, D. 



Dear. HI-IK' I,.,ui-li<; Desfontaines, 1750-1833. France. 

 DEV. Augustin Nicaisc Desvaux, 1784-1856. France. 

 DEVB. Willem H'-ndrik de Vricso, 1S07 1802. professor 



of botany at Leyden. Wrote on medical plants and 



jjhtnts of the Dutch East Indies. 

 DICK*. James Dickson, 1738-1822, Scotch writer on 



flowerless plants. 

 DIELH. Ludwig Dicls, professor of botany, Marburg, 



Germany. 

 DILI.. Johann Jacob Dilleuius, professor of botany in 



Oxford. 1087 1747. 



