> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 139](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33259643) of TL-2 Suppl. VII > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/2685-1) LSID 2685-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2833174) QID Q2833174 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Ferguson, Alexander McGowen (1874-1955), American plant breeder, born 7 Jan 1874 in Belton, Texas, B.S. 1894 and M.S. 1895 Texas Agric. & Mech. College (now Texas A&M Univ.), College Station, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis 1897-1898, asst. prof. horticulture and mycology, Texas Agric. & Mech. College 1899-1900, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, New York 1901-1902, botany instructor, Univ. of Texas at Austin 1900-1906, manager Texas Seed Breeding Farms 1906-1908, president, Ferguson Seed Farms, Inc., Sherman, Texas from 1908, special agent U.S.D.A. 1903-1906, 1908-1909, supply prof. in Oklahoma. **Abbreviated name**: *A.M. Ferguson* \[standard form in IPNI: *A.M.Ferguson*\] #### Herbarium and types Florida: [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection MO|MO]]; Texas: [[Collection TAES|TAES]], [[Collection TEX|TEX]]. – Some letters in [[Collection GH|GH]]. #### Bibliography and biography Amer. Men Sci. ed. 7: 553-554; APN p. 197; Barnhart 1: 535; IH 2: 194; Langman p. 277; RUS 3: 221, 4: 223; Tucker 1: 243, 782 (correction). #### Biofile - Anon., Intl. address book botanists: 467. 1931. (as "Alexander McGowan") - Dörfler, I., 1902. Botaniker-Adressbuch, ed. 2: 249; 1909. Id., ed. 3: 329. - Hedge, I.C. & J.M. Lamond (eds.), 1970. Index collectors Edinburgh Herb.: 79. #### Composite works Co-authored with Lowery Laymon Lewis (1869-x), *Elementary principles of agriculture*: a text book for the common schools, Sherman, Texas (Ferguson Publishing Co.) (1908); Ed. 2 (rev.)... 1909; Ed. 4... 1913; Ed. 5... 1915. ### Publications ##### n.34.284. Crotons **Title** *Crotons* of the *United States*... Separately printed from... Report of the Missouri Botanical Garden... 1901. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Crotons U.S.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 16 Feb 1901 (issue date on cover-t.p., Nat. Nov. Sep (2) 1901), cover-t.p., p. 33-73, *pl. 4-31* (uncol. draw.). *Copies*: BKL, BM, HH, NY(2), USDA. – Preprinted from Ann. Rep. Missouri Bot. Gard. 12 (issued 22 Jun 1901). *Ref*.: M\[alinvaud\]., Ern., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 48(10): 455. 1901 \[i.e. 1904 (sero?)\].