ABBREVIATIONS 



Ledeh. 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. 

 Lehm., P. C. F. C. Lehmann, living German collector 



in South America. 

 Leicht. Max Leichtlin, horticulturist, Baden-Baden, 



Germany. 

 Lem. Charles Lemaire, 1800-1871. Belgium. 

 L'Her. C. L. L'H^ritier de Brutelle, 1746-1800. 



France. 

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

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



ticole. 

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



years director of L'lllustration Horticole. 

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



some years on L'lllustration Horticole. 

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



illustrious of English horticulturists. 

 Link. Heinrich Friedrich Link, 1707-1851. Germany. 

 Linn. Carolus Linna>us (Carl von Linn^), 1707-1778, 



the "Father of Botany," and author of binomial 



nomenclature. Sweden. 

 LlNiN-. f. Carl von Linn^, the son, 1741-1783. Sweden. 

 LoDD. Conrad Loddiges, nurseryman near London, 



conducted Loddiges' Botanical Cabinet from 1817-33, 



20 vols., 2,000 colored plates. 

 LoisEL. Jean Louis Auguste Loiseleur-Deslongchamps, 



1774-1849. France. 

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



prolific English writer. 

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



Portugal. 

 Marsh. Humphrey Marshall, 1722-1801. Pennsylvania. 

 Mart. Karl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, 1794-1868, 



Prof, at Munich, monographer of palms, founder of 



the great Flora Brasiliensis, and author of many 



Mast. Maxwell 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 Medikus, 173G-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- 



Mett. Georg Heinrich Mettenius, 1823-1806, 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. 

 aiiCHX. Andr6 Michaux, 1746-1802. France, but for 



ten years a resident of North America. 

 MiCHX. f. Francois Andr^ Michaux, the son, 1770-1855. 



Prance. 



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



author of a celebrated dictionary of gardening, 



which had many editions. 

 MiQ. Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel, 1811-1871. 



Holland. 

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



author of The Bamboo Garden. 

 MoENCH. Konrad Moench, 1744-1805. Germany. 

 MoNCH. See Moench. 

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



Botanic Garden, author of Index Filicura, and other 



well known works. 

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

 MORREN. Charles Jacques Edouard Morren, of Ghent. 



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. 



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

 4-6 of Walpers' Annals. 



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

 Melbourne, has written much on Australian and 

 economic botany. 



MUHL. Henry Ludwig Muhlenberg, 17.50-1817. Penn- 

 sylvania. 



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



Mure., A. Andrew Murray, 1812-1878, author of Thp 

 Pines and Firs of Japan. London, 1863. 



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

 contributor to Revue Horticole. 



Ndn. 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 Nuttall, 1786-1859. Massachusetts. 



O'Brien. James O'Brien, current 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. 1886. 



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



Otto. Friedrich Otto, 1782-1856. Germany. 



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



explorer in Russia. Germany. 

 Pas. Ferdinand Pax, German botanist. Breslau. 

 Past. Joseph Paxton, 1802-1805. England. 

 Pers. Christian Hendrick Persoon, 175.5-1837. Ger- 



Planch. Jules Emile Planchon, professor at Mont- 



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 PurschI, 1774-1820 



Siberia, but for 12 years in the United States. 



