> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 1](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33265198) of TL-2 Suppl. II > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/577-1) LSID 577-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8013434) QID Q8013434 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Beal, William James (1833-1924), American (Michigan) botanist (agrostologist), studied at the University of Michigan, A.B. 1859, A.M. 1863, at Harvard B.Sc. 1865, student of Asa Gray and Louis Agassiz, teacher at the Friends Academy, Union Springs, N.Y. 1859-1868, professor of botany Michigan Agricultural College \[h.t. Michigan State University\] 1870-1872, id. professor of botany and horticulture (incl. forestry) 1872-1910, M.S. Chicago 1875, Ph.D. Michigan 1880 (hon.), director of the Beal Botanic Garden, East Lansing 1877-1910. **Abbreviated name**: *Beal* \[standard form in IPNI: *Beal*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection MSC|MSC]], further material at [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection NY|NY]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 145 (b. 11 Mar 1833, Adrian, Mich., d. 12 Mai 1924, Amherst, Mass.); BL 1: 189; Hortus 3: 1188; IH 2: 62; LS 30.942-30.943; Morren ed. 10, p. 124; NW p. 40; Rehder 5(index): 59; Tucker 1: 66 (bibl.). #### Biofile - Anon., Amer. men sci. ed. 1: 21-22. 1906; Michigan Sci. Act. 23: 1-24. 1973 (Beal centennial 1873-1973). - Baker, R.S. and Jessie Beal Baker, An American pioneer in science. The life and service of William James Beal. Amherst 1925, 94 p. (portr., biogr., tribute and evaluation; major source). - Baker, W.J., Science 59: 522. 1924. - Beal, W.J., Bull. Torrey bot. Club 17(4): 203. 10 Apr 1890 (Bot. Mus. Michigan Agr. Coll. destroyed by fire 23 Mar 1890, library saved, part of the herb. (incl. Wheeler herb.) destroyed). - Bessey, E.A., Bot. Gaz. 79: 103-106. 1925 (portr., obit., b. Adrian, Michigan, 11 Mar 1833, d. 12 Mai 1928, Amherst, Mass.); Science 61: 559-560. 1925 (obit.). - Ewan, J. et al., Short hist. bot. U.S. 11, 47, 63. 1969. - Frodin, D.G., Guide standard floras world 155 (125a, 124b). 1984. - Gager, C.S., Brooklyn Bot. Gard. Rec. 27(3): 378. 1938 (director Beal Bot. Gard.). - Humphrey, H.B., Makers N. Amer. Bot. 25-27. 1961. - Jones, K.J., Michigan Academician 9(3): 272-274. 1977 (biogr. details). - McKibbin, C.W., Amer. Forests and Forest Life 30: 216-217. 1924. - Pease, A.S., Fl. N. New Hampshire 39. 1964 (photograph at Michigan Agric. Coll. and Biohist. Inst. Utrecht). - Rickett, H.W., Index Bull. Torrey bot. Club 8. 1955 (his papers in BTBC). - Rodgers, A.D., Amer. bot. 1873-1892. 324 \[index, 9 entries\]. 1944; Liberty Hyde Bailey 490 \[index, numerous entries\]. 1949; Bernard Eduard Fernow 14, 59, 133, 172, 287. 1951. - Stieber, M.T. et al., Huntia 4(1): 45-46. 1981 (mss. in Hunt Institute). - Voss, E.G., Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 13: 73, 80-81, 86-89. 1978 (portr. on p. 88). - Voss, E.G. and G.E. Crow, Michigan Botanist 15(1): 3-4. 1976 (Across Michigan by covered wagon: a botanical expedition in 1888, with L.H. Bailey, W.J. Beal and C.F. Wheeler). - Wittrock, V.B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(2): 178. 1903, 3(3): 192. 1905 (on portr.). ### Publications ##### n.20.460. The new botany **Title** *The new botany*. A lecture on the best method of teaching the science.... New York (The Rural Publishing... Lansing 1880). Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1880, p. \[1\]-15. *Copy*: HH. − Reprinted and to be cited from Trans. 29-th. Annual Meeting Michigan State Teacher's Ass. 1880 (n.v.). *Ed. 2*: n.v. *Ed. 3*: 1890, p. \[1\]-27, \[28-32 adv.\]. *Copy*: BKL. − Reprinted and to be cited from idem (n.v.). ##### n.20.461. Grasses of North America **Title** *Grasses of North America*. For farmers and students. Comprising chapters on their physiology, composition, selection, improving, cultivation, management of grass lands; also chapters on clover, injurious insects and fungi... Lansing (Thorp & Godfrey,...) 1887. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Grass. N. Amer.* **Notes** *Publ*.: *1*: 1887 (preface p. v Jan 1887), p. \[i\]-xiii, \[1\]-457, \[insert. not numbered has title facsimile and 3 pages of testimonials, obviously written after the publication of the book\]. *Copies*: MO, NY. *2*: 1887, p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-706, \[i\*-ii\*, contents of 1 and 2 given on p. ii\*\], t.p. of this copy has the same text as text of vol. 1 but in different type. *Copies*: MO, NY. *Ed. 2*: 1896, 2 vols., identical except for the text on t.p.'s (e.g. dated 1896), obvious a re-issue of the old sheets with new t.p.'s. *Copies*: G (vol. 2); IDC 7508. *Note*: Our information on this book is obviously incomplete. *Ref*.: G.V.N., Bull. Torrey bot. Club 23(12): 539-540. 28 Dec 1896 (rev.). - Coulter, J.M., Bot. Gaz. 23(3): 212-213. 24 Mar 1897 (rev. of. vol. 2). ##### n.20.462. Index **Title** *Index* to the names of *North American grasses*. A report presented to the Society for the promotion of agricultural science, at the Indianapolis Meeting, 1890... Published by Authority of the Society \[1890\]. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Index N. Amer. grasses*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1890, cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-18. *Copy*: BKL. ##### n.20.463. Michigan flora **Title** *Michigan flora*. Prepared for the thirtieth annual report of the secretary of the state board of agriculture... \[East Lansing\] (Agriculture College, Michigan) 1892. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Mich. fl.* **Notes** *Co-author*: Charles Fay Wheeler (1842-1910), see TL-2/7: 238. *Publ*.: Mai-Jun 1892 (p. 4: 25 Apr 1892, Bot. Centralbl. 31 Aug 1892, Hedwigia Sep-Oct 1892), p. \[1\]-180, map. *Copies*: HH, MICH, MO; IDC 7509. – Further details see BL 1: 189. Also treated as TL-2/17.398: correction: senior author William Jackson Beal (err. "William Jackson"). *Additions to the Michigan flora since 1892*: 1898, p. \[1\]-12. *Copy*: HH. – Reprinted from Rep. Bot. Dept. State Agric. Coll. Michigan 1898: 3-12 (for year closing 30 Jun 1898). *Ref*.: Anon., Bot. Gaz. 17(9): 300. Sep 1892 (brief note), Bull. Torrey bot. Club 19(10): 320-321. 10 Oct 1892 (rev.). ##### n.20.464. sugar maples of Central Michigan **Title** The *sugar maples of Central Michigan*... Read at the Brooklyn meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of sciences,... 1894. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Sugar maples C. Mich.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1894 (read 15 Aug 1894), cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-8. *Copies*: BKL, HH. − Published as Ann. Rep. Secr. State Board Agric. State Michigan 23 ("July 1 1893 to June 30 1894"). − (independent?). ##### n.20.465. Seed dispersal **Title** *Seed dispersal*... Boston, U.S.A. (Ginn & Company,...) 1904. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Seed disp.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1898, p. \[1\]-vii, \[1\]-87, \[89\], (n.v.) *Reprint*: 1904, p. \[i\]-vii, \[1\]-87, \[89\]. *Copy*: MO. ##### n.20.466. Michigan flora **Title** *Michigan flora*: *a list* of the ferns and seed plants growing without cultivation... Lansing (Reprinted from the fifth Report of the Michigan Academy of Science) 1904. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Mich. fl., list*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1904, p. \[1\]-147. *Copies*: MO, U. – Also published in Fifth ann. Rep. Michigan Acad. Sci. 1904. *Ref*.: Trelease, W., Bot. Centralbl. 98: 343. 4 Apr 1905 (rev.).