Schmidt, C. F. 
In its author index the Bradley Bib. 5:772, includes under this 
name two different authors and a reference to a third who is equally 
distinct. First, there are five or six titles in Danish, relating to 
silviculture, and dating from 1783 to 1800. Then follow two German 
titles for a single work on gardening which was issued in many editions, 
the first in 1798. And finally there is a reference to Berg, Otto, the 
author of "Darstellung und beschreibung saramtlicher in der Pharmacopoea 
Borussica aufgefuhrten offizinellen gewachse" (1858-63), a later edition 
of which has the title, ”Atlas der offizinellen pflanzen” (1891-1902). 
The plates of this work were drawn by a certain C. F. Schmidt, who was 
also the artist of Karsten’s "Auswahl neuer und schonbluhender gewachse 
Venezuelas” (Berlin, 1848), and who can be pretty safely distinguished 
from the other two Schmidts by his period as well as his function as 
an illustrator. 
The Danish works on silvicultiire stand by themselves in the Brad¬ 
ley index, but apparently for no other reason than their alphabetical 
order, so that one might naturally suppose the German titles on garden¬ 
ing were by the same person. They are quite distinct, however, and full 
names are known for both authors. That of the German horticultural writ¬ 
er is given as Carl Friedrich Schmidt on the title-page of the first 
edition of his work, ”Der ehrliche baum- und kuchengartner”, 1798, as 
shown by a transcript of the title in Becker, Taschenbuch fur garten- 
freunde, 1799, p.382-384. Becker’s review, altho rather full, gives 
no hint of the author’s identity. His name again appears in full in 
the 8th edition of the book, published in 1816. Kayser, Bucher-lexi- 
kon, 5:117-118, enters his works under Schmidt, Karl Friedrich, but 
regards this name as a pseudonym of J. A. C. Lbhr, probably because, 
as Kayser states, the 6th edition of this gardening book was published 
’’Mit J. C. F. Muller”, a name generally accepted as one of Lbhr’s many 
aliases. Whether this phrase implies that the work was actually writ¬ 
ten by Miller, or that this edition was revised by him, or merely that 
it was issued with some one of Miller’s works, cannot be ascertained. 
Kayser enters all of Lbhr’s horticultural writings under the name of 
Miller, but does not indicate the latter as author of Schmidt’s book, 
nor give the slightest clew to it under either ^^uller or Lbhr. The 
latter may very probably have used the nsime of Carl Friedrich Schmidt 
as a pseudonym, but in the circumstances it seems preferable to treat 
Schmidt as the veritable author rather than to enter this book under 
the name of Lbhr. 
