ABBREVIATIONS 



Ledeb. Karl Friedrich von Ledebour, 1785-1851. 



Russia. 

 Lehm. Johann Georg Christian Lehmann, 1792-1860, 



Prof, at Hamburg, wrote several monographs, and 



described many new plants. 

 Lehji., F. C. F. C. Lehmann, living German collector 



in South America. 

 Leicht. Max Leiohtlin, horticulturist, Baden-Baden, 



Germany. 

 Lem. Charles Lemaire, 1800-1871. Belgium. 

 L'Her. C. L. L'H^ritier de Brutelle, 174&-1800. 



France. 

 LiND. & Rod. L. Linden and E. Rodigas, once adminis- 

 trator and editor, respectively, of L'lUustration Hor- 



ticole. 

 Linden. J. Linden, 1817-1898. Belgium. For many 



years director of L'lUustration Horticole. 

 LiND., L. Lucien Linden, associated with J. Linden for 



some years on L'lUustration Horticole. 

 LiNDL. John Lindley, 1799-1865, one of the most 



Ulustrious of English horticulturists. 

 Link. Heinrich Friedrich Link, 1767-1851. Germany. 

 Lnro. Carolus Linnseus (Carl von LinniS), 1707-1778, 



the "Father of Botany," and author of binomial 



nomenclature. Sweden. 

 LiNi-;. f. Carl von Linn^, the son, 1711-1783. Sweden. 

 LODD. Conrad Loddiges, nurseryman near London, 



conducted Loddiges' Botanical Cabinetfrom 1817-33, 



20 vols., 2,000 colored plates. 

 LoiSEL. Jean Louis Auguste Loiseleur-Deslongchamps, 



1774-1849. France. 

 Loud. John Claudius Loudon, 1783-1843, an extremely 



prolific English writer. 

 LouE. Juan Loureiro, 1715-1796, missionary in China. 



Portugal. 

 Marsh. Humphrey Marshall, 1722-1801. Pennsylvania. 

 Mart. Karl Friedrich PhiUpp von Martins, 1794-1868, 



Prof, at Munich, monographer of palms, founder of 



the great Flora Brasiliensis, and author of many 



worlts. 

 Mast. MaxweU T. Masters, editor of The Gardeners' 



Chronicle, wherein he has described great numbers 



of new plants of garden value; author of Vegetable 



Teratology, etc. 

 Max. or Maxim. Karl Johann Maximowicz, 1827-1891, 



one of the most illustrious Russian systematic bota- 

 nists; wrote much on Asian plants. 

 Medic. Friedrich Casmir Medilius, 1730-1808, director 



of the garden at Mannheim, wrote a book of 96 pages 



in German on North American plants in 1792. 

 Meisn. Karl Friedrich Meisner, 1800-1874. Switzer- 

 land. 

 Mett. Georg Heinrich Metrtenius, 1823-1866, Prof, at 



Leipzig, wrote on flowerless plants. 

 Met. Ernst Heinrich Friedrich Meyer, 1791-1851. 



Prussia. 

 Mey., C. a. Carl Anton Meyer, 1795-1855, director 



botanic garden at St. Petersburg, wrote on Russian 



botany. 

 MiCHX. Andr^ Michaux, 1746-1802. France, but for 



ten years a resident of North America. 

 MicHX. f. Fran(;ois Andre Michaux, the son, 1770-1855. 

 France. 



Mill. Phillip MUler, 1691-1771, of Chelsea, England, 



author of a celebrated dictionary of gardening, 



which had many editions. 

 MiQ. Friedrich Anton WUhelm Miquel, 1811-1871. 



Holland. 

 MiTFORD. A. B. Freeman-Mitford, English amateur, 



author of The Bamboo Garden. 

 Moench. Konrad Moench, 1744-1805. Germany. 

 MoxcH. See Moench. 

 Moore. Thomas Moore, 1821-1887, curator of Chelsea 



Botanic Garden, author of Index FUicum, and other 



well known works. 

 MoQ. Alfred Moquin-Tandon, 1804-1863. France. 

 Morren. Charles Jacques Edouard Morren, of Ghent. 



1833-1880. 

 MoTT. S. Mottet, frequent contributor to Revue Hor- 

 ticole, translator of Nicholson's Dictionary of 



Gardening. 

 MUELL. Arg. Jean Mueller, of Aargau, wrote for 



De Candolle's Prodromus, vol. 16. 

 MnELL., C. Carl Mueller. 1817-1870, who edited vols. 



4-6 of Walpers' Annals. 

 MUELL., F. Ferdinand von Mueller, Royal botanist at 



Melbourne, has written much on Australian and 



economic botany. 

 . MuHL. Henry Ludwig Muhlenberg, 1756-1817. Penn- 

 sylvania. 

 MCRR. Johann Andreas Murray, 1740-1791. Germany. 

 MURR., A. Andrew Murray, 1812-1878, author of The 



Pines and Firs of Japan. London, 1803. 

 Naud. Charles Naudin, 1815-1899, botanist, frequent 



contributor to Revue Horticole. 

 Ndm. See Naud. 

 N.E. Br. N. E. Brown describes many new plants in 



Gardeners' Chronicle. 

 Nees. Christian Gottfried Nees von Esenbeck, 1776- 



1858. Prussia. 

 Nichols. George Nicholson, Curator at Kew, author 



of The Dictionary of Gardening. 

 NuTT. Thomas NuttaU. 1786-1859. Massachusetts. 

 O'Brien. James O'Brien, cun-ent writer on orchids in 



Gardeners' Chronicle. 

 Oliv. Daniel Oliver, once Curator at Kew, and founder 



of the Flora of Tropical Africa. 

 Orph. Theodor Georg Orphanides, Prof, of Botany at 



Athens. D. 1880. 

 Ortega, Ort. Casimiro Gomez Ortega, 1740-1818. 



Spain. 

 Otto. Friedrich Otto, 1782-1856. Germany. 

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



explorer in Russia. Germany. 

 Pax. Ferdinand Pax, German botanist. Breslau. 

 Paxt. Joseph Paxton, 180'2-1805. England. 

 Pers. Christian Hendrick Persoon, 1755-1837. Ger- 



pellier. France. 

 Pohl. Johann Emmanuel Pohl, 1782-1834, Prof, at 



Vienna, wrote a large book on travels in Brazil. 

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

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

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



Siberia, but for 12 years in the United States. 



