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NEES. Christian Gottfried Nees von Esenbeck, 1776- 



1858. Prussia. 

 NICHOLS. George Nicholson, curator at Kew, author of 



"The Dictionary of Gardening." 1847-1908. 

 NOTT. Thomas Xuttall, 1786-1859. Massachusetts. 

 O'BRIEN. James O'Brien, current writer on orchids in 



The Gardeners' Chronicle. 

 OLIV. Daniel Oliver, onco curator at Kew, and founder 



of the Flora of Tropical Africa. 

 ORPH. Theodor Georg Orphunidcs, professor of botany at 



Athens. Died 1886. 

 ORTEGA, OUT. Casimiro Gomez Ortega, 1740-1818. 



Spain. 



OTTO. Friedrich Otto, 1782-1856. Germany. 

 PALL. Peter Simon Pallas, 1741-1811, professor and 



explorer in Russia. Germany. 

 PAMPAN. Renato Pampanini, writer on Chinese plants. 



Florence, Italy. 

 PAV. See Ruiz. & Pav. 



PAX. Ferdinand Pax, professor at Breslau, Germany. 

 PAXT. Joseph Paxton, 1802-1865. England. 

 PERS. Christian Hendrick Persoon, 1755-1837. Germany. 

 PHIL. Rudolph Amandus Philippi, 1808-1904. Santiago, 



Chile. 

 PLANCH. Jules Emile Planehon, professor at Mont- 



pellier. France. 1833-1900. 

 POHL. Johann Emmanuel Pohl, 1782-1834, professor at 



Vienna, wrote a large book on travels in Brazil. 

 POIR. Jean Louis Marie Poiret, 1755-1834. France. 

 PRAIN. Sir David Prain, Director of the Royal Botanic 



Gardens, Kew, since 1905. 



PRESL. Karel Boriweg Presl, 1794-1852. Bohemia. 

 PURSH. Frederick T. Pursh (or Pursch), 1774-1820. 



Germany, but for twelve years in the United States. 

 RADDI. Guiseppe Raddi, 1770-1829. Italy. 

 RAF. Constantino Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz, 1784 



1842. Professor of Natural history, Transylvania 



University. Lexington, Kentucky. 

 R. BR. Robert Brown, born 1773, Scotland, died 1858, 



London. Author of many important works. 

 REGEL. Eduard von Regel, 1815-1892, German, founder 



of Gartenflora; Director Botanic Garden at St. Peters- 

 burg. 



REHD. Alfred Rehder, Arnold Arboretum, Massachu- 

 setts. 

 REICHB. Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach, 1793- 



1879. Germany. 



REICHB. f. Heinrich Gustav, 1823-1889, son of the pre- 

 ceding. Orchids. 



RICH. John Richardson, 1787-1865. Scotland. 

 RICHARD. Louis Claude Marie Richard, 1754-1821. 



France. 

 RIDDELL. John Leonard Riddell, 1807-1865, professor of 



chemistry in Cincinnati and New Orleans. 

 ROB. B. L. Robinson, Director Gray Herbarium of Harvard 



University, is editing "The Synoptical Flora of North 



America." 

 ROD. Emile Rodigas, for some years connected with 



L'lllustration Horticole. 

 RODB. J. B. Rodrigues, Brazilian botanist, writer on 



palms and Brazilian botany. 

 ROEM. Johann Jacob Roemer, 1763-1819. Switzerland. 



Also M. J. Roemer. 



ROSCOE. William Roscoe, 1753-1831. England. 

 ROSE. J. N. Rose, assistant curator, United States 



National Herbarium, Smithsonian Institution. Mexi- 

 can plants. 



ROTH. Albrecht Wilhelm Roth, 1757-1834. Physician at 



Vegesack, near Bremen. 



ROXBG. William Roxburg, 1759-1815. India. 

 ROYLE. John Forbes Royle, born 1800, at Cawnpore, 



died 1858 London. Professor in London. Plants of 



India. 

 Ruiz. & PAV. Hipolito Ruiz Lopez, 1764-1815, and Jose 



Pavon, authors of a Flora of Peru and Chile. Spain. 

 RUPR. Franz J. Ruprecht, 1814-1870. Russia. 

 RYDB. Per Axel Rydberg. New York Botanical Garden. 

 S. &. Z. See Sieb. & Zucc. 

 SABINE. Joseph Sabine, 1770-1837. England. 

 SAFFORD. W. E. Safford, United States Department of 



Agriculture, Washington. 



SALISB. Richard Anthony Salisbury, 1761-1829. England. 

 SALM-DYCK. Joseph, Prince and High Count Salm- 



Reifferscheidt-Dyck, born at Dyck, 1773, died 1861. 



Wrote on Aloe, Cactus, Mesembryanthemum. 

 SARG. Charles Sprague Sargent, Director Arnold Arbo- 

 retum, author of "Silva of North America." 

 SAV. L. Savatier, writer on Japanese plants. 

 SAVI. Gaetano Savi, died 1844. Italy. 

 SCHEIDW. Michael Joseph Scheidweiler, 1799-1861, profes- 

 sor of botany and horticulture at Horticultural Insti- 

 tute of Ghent. 



SCHK. Christian Schkuhr, died 1811. Germany. 

 SCHLECHT. Diedrich Franz Leonhard von Schlechten- 



dahl, 1794-1866. Professor at Halle, wrote several 



memoirs in Latin and German. 

 SCHNEID. Camillo Schneider, author of "Handbuch der 



Laubholzkunde. " Vienna. 

 SCHOTT. Heinrich Wilhelm Schott, 1794-1865. Wrote 



much on aroids with Nyman and Kotschy. 

 SCHRAD. Heinrich Adolph Schrader, 1767-1836. Germany. 

 SCHULT. Joseph August Schultes, 1773-1831. Germany. 

 SCHUM. Christian Friedrich Schumacher, 1757-1830. 



Germany. 

 SCHUMANN. Karl Moritz Schumann, 1851-1904, professor 



of botany, Berlin. Wrote much on Cactacese. 

 SCHUR. Philipp Johann Ferdinand Schur, 1785-1848. 



Germany. 

 SCHW., SCHWEIN. Lewis David von Schweinitz, 1780- 



1834. Pennsylvania. 



SCHWEINF. George Schweinfurth. Germany. Born 1836. 

 SCHWER. Graf Fritz von Schwerin, German authority on 



Acer. 



SCOP. Johann Anton Scopoli, 1723-1788. Italy. 

 SEEM. Berthold Seemann, Hanover, 1825-1872. Wrote 



on palms, and botany of the voyage of the Herald. 

 SIBTH. John Sibthorp, 1758-1796, author of a Flora of 



Greece. England. 

 SIEB. & Zucc. Philipp Franz von Siebold, 1796-1866, and 



Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini, 1797-1848. Germany. 

 SIMS. John Sims, 1792-1838. England, for many years 



editor of Curtis' Botanical Magazine. 



SMALL. John Kunkel Small. New York Botanical Garden. 

 SMITH. James Edward Smith, 1759-1828. England. 

 SOLAND. Daniel Solander, 1736-1782. England. 

 SPACH. Eduard Spach, born 1801 Strassburg, died 1879. 



Author of "Histoire Naturelle des Vegetaux." 

 SPAETH. L. Spaeth, Berlin, nurseryman, died 1913. H. L. 



Spaeth, the present head of the firm. 

 SPRENO. Kurt Sprengel, 1766-1833. Germany. 

 STEUD. Ernst Gottlieb Steudel, 1783-1856. Germany. 

 STEV. Christian Steven, 1781-1863. Russia. 

 ST. HIL. Auguste de Saint Hilaire, 1779-1853. France. 

 SWAHTZ. Olof Swartz, 1760-1818. Sweden. 



