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ROM THK Volume XII, Part 1 CATALOGUE of THL: BOTANICAL LI SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM CONTRIBUTIONS t-'ROM THK Volume XII, Part 1 CATALOGUE OF THL: BOTANICAL LIBRARY OF JOHN DONNRLL SMITH PRESENTED IN 1905 TO THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION Compiled by ALICE CARY ATWOOD. PER' WASHINGTON » GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 19 08 BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. Issued April 23, 1908. u PREFACE ■>. In January, 1905, Captain John Donnell Smith, of Baltimore, Maryland, presented his herbarium and botanical library to the Smithsonian Institution. The herbarium, consisting: of more than 100.000 mounted specimens, became a part of the National Herba- rium. The library contains some 1,000 bound volumes, consisting chiefly of works relative to systematic botany, and being especially rich in works relating to Mexico and Central America. For the present, the library is to remain in Baltimore, but Captain Smith has placed his books freely at the disposal of botanists. Not only have the books been selected with great care, but they are all in conspicuously handsome bindings. It is doubtful if there is any public or private botanical library of its size which can equal it in value from either the scientific or the artistic point of view, A simple but appropriate book plate has been designed and printed and placed in each volume. An author catalogue of the library is presented herewith, which, it is believed, will be of interest and practical value to many botanists. The cataloguing lias been done by Miss Alice Cary At wood, cata- loguer in the office of the Botanist, Department of Agriculture. J. N. Rosk. Acting Curator, in * CATALOGUE OF THE BOTANICAL LIBRARY OF JOHN DONNELL SMITH, PRESENTED IN 1905 TO THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. Compiled by Auei-; Cary At wood. Iu entering separates the following forms sire used: For reprints re pa god : Bar bey, W. Le Linnaea boreal is. (Hull. So<\ Hot. France, v. 2-S.) 2 p. 8n. Paris, 1881. For reprints with original pagination: Barbey, W. Le Linnaea boreal is. Reprinted from Hull. Sot-. Hot. France v. 28, p. 272-274. 8". [Paris, 1882.J For mere extracts: Barbey, W. Le Linnaea boreal is, . Hull. Soe. Hot. France, v. 2S, p. 272-274. 1881. 8°. The note "In Botanical miscellanies" refers to volumes of bound pamphlets which have been given that binder's title; the octavo volumes are regularly num- bered. An alphabetical list of the forms of citation used in the text, with their explanations, will be found at the end of the catalogue, beginning on page SS. A. Adansonia. ... v. 2-12. 8°. Paris, 1861-79. Alton, William, 1731-1793. Hortus kewensis. ... 2d ed., enl. by William Town send Aiton. 5 v. 8°. London, 1810-1818. William Townsend, 1766-1849. See Aiton, William. Alcoeer, Gabriel V., 1852- See Ramirez. Jose. Allen, John A. See Goodale, G. L. Allen, Timothy Field, 1837-1902. Charaeeae americanae, , . part I. 1 leaf. pi. 4°. New York, n. d. In Hotanical miscellanies. 4°. Development of the cortex in Chara. (Bull. Torr. Club, v. 9.) 11 p. 8 pi. 8°. n. d. In Botanical miscellanies, v. 7. Observations on some American forms of Chara corona* a. (Am. Xat. v. 16.) 12 p. pi. 8". f 1882.] In Hotanical miscellanies, v. S. American botanist, v. 4, no. 5, May, 1903. 8". Binghamton, N. Y.f 1903. Ed. by W. >\ Clute. 22539—08 1 2 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM Ames, Oakes, 1874— Additions to the orchid flora of Florida. Proc. Biol. Soc, Wash. v. 17, p. 115-117. 1001. 8°. A contribution to our knowledge of the orchid flora of south- ern Florida. ... 22 p. 12 pi. 8°. Cambridge, Mass., 1904. (Contr. Ames Bot. Lab. no. I.) Descriptions of new species of Acoridium from the Philip- pines. Proc. Biol. Hoe. Wash. v. 19. p. 143-153. 1906. 8°. Hybrids in Spiranthos and I labenaria. (Rhodora, v. 5.) 4 p. pi. 8°. [1903.] Xotes on orchids new to Florida. Proc. Biol. Soc. W ash. v. 19, p. 1-2. 1900, 8°. Orehidaceae. fa sc. 1. plates. 4°. Boston and Xew York. 1905. — Three new orchid species. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. v. 17, p. 119-120. 1904. 8". Andre, Edouard Francois, 1840- Bromeliaeeae andreanae. 118 p. 40 pi. p. Paris, [1889]. Andrews, Henry C., fl. 1796-1S28. Botanists' repository. , . 10 v. in 5. 654 pi. 4°. | Ivnightsbridge, 1797-1811.] Annals of botany. ... v. 1-10, Aug. 1887-1890. plates. 8". London, 1887-1896. Antoine, Franz, 1815-1886. Phyto-iconographie der bromeliaceen des Kaiserlichen koniglichen hofburg-gartens in Wien. ... 54 p. f". and atlas of 35 pi. f°. Wien, 1884. Arcangeli, Giovanni, 1840- Compendio del hi- flora italiana. Ed. 2. 830 p, 8°. Torino, 1894. Arnott, George Arnott. Walker, 1799-1868. Hooker, Sir W. J. Arrabida, Antonio da, ed. See Velloso Xavier, Jose Mariano da Oonceicao, Aublet, Jean Baptiste Christophe Fusee, 1720-1778, Histoire des plantes de la Guiane francoisc. ... 4 v. 39^ pi. 4°. Londres & Paris, 1775, Austin, Coe Finch, 1831-1880. Characters of some new Ilepaticae. (Proc. Aead. Phila. 1869.) 17 p. 8°. n. d. In I1(ttanu-al lniscotljiiiii's. v. S. — — Ilepaticae Boreali-aniericanae. ... 4-s p. S°. (Foster, X. J., 1873, Witli his Musci appalachiani; also in Botanical miscellanies. v. 1. Musci appalachiani. 92 p. 8". Closter, X. J., 1870. Supplement 1. 16 p. 8". Closter, X. J., 1878. With his Musci appalachiani. Musci appalachiani. viii p. f°. Xew Jersey, 1870. Kxsioeata. Some new Musci. Bot. Gaz. v. 4, p. 150-152. 1879. 8°. In Botanical miscellanies. v. 7: also in v. 2(5. BOTANICAL LIBRARY OF JOHN DON NELL SMITH P>. Bailey, Jacob Whitman, 1811-1857. Sec United States exploring expedition during the years 1838-1842. Bailey, Liberty Hyde, 1858- A catalogue of North American Carices. ... 4 p. 8°. Cambridge1. Mass., 188-1. In Botanical miscellanies, v. 30. Supplement. 1 leaf. 10". Cambridge, Mass., 1884. In Rotrmical miscellanies. v. 10. A preliminary synopsis of North American Carices. Proc. Am. Acad. v. 22, p. 50-157. 1887. 8°. In Botanical miscellanies, v. 14. Bailey, William Whitman, 1843- The botanical collectors hand- book. 139 p. 1*2". Salem. Mass.. 1881. (Naturalists' handy ser. no. 3.) Baillon, Ilenri Ernest, 1827-1895. Dictionnaire de botanique. 4 v. 32 pi. f°. Paris, 1870-92. Ilistoire des plantes. 13 v. 4". Paris, 1807-95, The natural history of plants. translated by Marcus M. ITartog. ... 8 v. 4°. London, 1871 "88. Baker, John Gilbert, 1834— Flora of Mauritius and the Seychelles. 557 p. 8°. London, 1877. — Handbook of the Amarvllideae. , . 210 p. 8°. London, 1888. -Handbook of I he HromeliaceJie. 243 p. 8°. London. 1889. Handbook of the feni-allies. 159 p. 8". London. 1887. Handbook of the Irideae. 247 p. 8". Ijondon, 1892. New ferns of 1892-3. , . Ann. Hot. v. 8, p. 121-132. 1894. 8°. In Bot;nii<*nl imscollnnirs, v. 2#I. On the recent synonyms of Brazilian ferns. , Journ. Linn. Soc. Hot. v. 14, p. 12-27. 1875. 8°. In Hotaniciil nnsivlInnU's, v. 11. A revision of the genera and species of herbaceous capsular gamophvllous Liliaceae Journ. Linn. Soc. Hot. v. 11. p. 349 430. 1871. K". In Botanical iniscHhniirs, \\ 12. A summary of the new ferns which have been discovered or described since 1874. (Ann. Hot. v. 5.) 119 p. pi. <S". Oxford, 1892. A synopsis of the genera and species of Museae. Ann. Hot. v. 7, p. 189-222. 1893, 8". Ill Botanical miscellanies^ v. 2ti. 4 CONTRIBUTIONS PROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. Baker, John Gilbert {r-ont.). System a iridacearum. Journ. Linn. Soc, Bot. v. 1G, p. 01-180, 1878. 8°. Bound as Iridaceae, etc. See afoo Saunders, W. W. Balfour, Isaac Bavlew 1.853- Sec Goebel, K. E. ' 1 7 Barbey, William. 1842- Additions ii la flore de Car pathos et de Lycic. (Hull. Soc. Vaud. Sci. Nat., v. til.) 6 p. 8°. | Lau- sanne, 1880.] Ill Botanical miscellanies, \\ 10. Champignons. Rapportes en 1880 d une excursion botanique en Egypte et en Palestine. (liev. Mycol. v. 3.) 7 p. 8°. Paris, 1881. In Botanical miscellanies, v. lf>. Cousinia layardi Ball et Bar hey. 3 p. pi. 8°. [Lausanne, 1890.] In Botanical miscellanies, v. IS. Cvpripedium calceolus x mac ran then. 7 p. pi. 4°. Lau- sanne, 1891. In Botanical miscellanies. 4°. Epilobium genus a el. CIi. Cuisin illustratum. [51] p. 24 pi. f°. Lausanne, 1885. PI. 20 never lignreil. Le Linnaea boreal is Lin. (Bull. Soc. Bol. France, v. 28.) 2 p. 8°. [Paris, 1881.] In Botanical miscellanies, v. Lydie, Lycie, Cane, 1842, 1883, 1887. ... 82 p. 5 pi. f°. Lausanne, 1890. Pena de aiseorri. Reprinled from Bull. Soc. Bol. France, v. 31, p. 130-141. 8°. [Paris, 1884.] In Botanical miscellanies, v. 15. Barbosa Rodrigues, Joao, 1842- Notas a Luccok sohre a flora e fauna do Brazil. (Rev. Inst. Hist. Geogr. Brasil, v. 44.) [115]-210 p. 8°. Rio do Janeiro, 1882. In TtotfiiuciiL miscellanies, \\ 11. Structure des orchidees. ... 38 p. 14 pi. 8°. Rio de Janeiro, 1883. In Botanical v. 11. Barnes, Charles Re id, 1858- Analytic key to the genera of mosses, recognized in Lesquereux and James's Manual. ... 12 p. 8C. [1880.] (Purdue Univ. School Sci. Bull. no. 1.) Ill Botanical miscellanies, w 12, Analytic keys to the genera and species of North American mosses, . , Rev. and extended by Fred de Forest Ueald. Bull. Univ. Wise. Sci. Ser. v. 1, no 5. p. 157-308. 1896. 8°. Catalogue of the phaenogamous and vascular cryploga- mous plants of Indiana. ... 38 p. map. 8°. CrmvfordsviHe. Ind., 1881. — Supplement I. 3 p. 8°. 1882. In Botanical miscellanies, v, 5. * BOTANICAL LIBRARY OF JOHN DON NELL SMITH 5 Barnhart, John Hendley, 1871- Dales of the Nova genera" of Humboldt, Bonpland and Ivunth.
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