> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 899](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33190370) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/8607-1) LSID 8607-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4719663) QID Q4719663 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Ross, Alexander Milton (1832-1897), Canadian philanthropist and naturalist; studying medicine at NY while a compositor on the Evening Post; Dr. med. 1855; served as surgeon in Nicaragua, the American Civil War, and in the Mexican Army; actively engaged in the anti-slavery struggle 1855-1865; from 1870-1897 back in Canada devoting himself to botany and zoology; died in Detroit, Mich. **Abbreviated name**: *A.M. Ross* \[standard form in IPNI: *A.M.Ross*\] #### Herbarium and types Unknown. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 180 (b. 13 Dec 1832, d. 27 Oct 1897); Jackson p. 366; Kew 4: 519; PR 211; Rehder 1: 309; Tucker 1: 607. #### Biofile - Anon., Bot. Not. 1898: 46 (d.) - Landon, F., Mich. Hist. Mag. 5(3-4): 364-373. 1921 ("a daring Canadian abolitionist). - Morgan, H.J., Canadian men and women of the time 1898, p. 883-884. - Ross, A.M., Recollections and experiences of an abolitionist; from 1855 to 1865. Toronto, Rowsell and Hutchison 1875, xv, 224 p., *1 pl*. - Wallace, W.S., ed., Dict. Canad. biogr. 2: 573-574. 1945. - Wilson, J.G. & J. Fiske, Appleton's Cycl. Amer. biogr. 5: 327. 1888. #### Eponymy *Rossioglossum* (Schlechter) Garay et Kennedy (1976) honors John Ross (*fl*. 1830-1840), a collector or orchids in Mexico; *Rossipollis* W. Krutsch (1970) is named for N.E. Ross, palynologist. ### Publications ##### n.9558. The forest trees of Canada **Title** *The forest trees of Canada*... Toronto (Rowsell & Hutchison) 1875. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1875, p. \[1\]-6. *Copy*: BR. – Names only. ##### n.9559. The flora of Canada **Title** *The flora of Canada*... Toronto (Rowsell & Hutchison) 1875. **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. Canada*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1875, p. \[1\]-29. *Copies*: BR, HH; IDC 7614. – Names only.