> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 172](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33265369) of TL-2 Suppl. II > Author links: [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123676272) QID Q123676272 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Birkenhead, John (1847-1925), British nurseryman, owner, with his brother William of the Fern nurseries at Sale, Manchester from 1875-1908, later active as a stationer, corn dealer and ironmonger as well as a partner in the Fern nursery. **Abbreviated name**: *Birkenhead* #### Herbarium and types Unknown. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 189 (name only); Kew 1: 249. #### Biofile - Hall, N.A., Gard. Hist 11(1): 79-85. 1983 (details on his nursery, d. 29 Jan 1925). ### Publications ##### n.21.330. Ferns and Fern culture **Title** *Ferns and Fern culture*: their native habitats, organization, habits of growth, compost for different genera; cultivation in pots, baskets, rockwork, walls; in stove, greenhouse, dwelling house, and outdoor ferneries; potting, watering, propagation, etc. Selections of ferns suitable for stove, warm, cool, and cold greenhouses, for baskets, walls, exhibition, wardian cases, dwelling-houses, and outdoor ferneries. Insect pests and their eradication, & c. s.d. (May be had from the Author, Fern Nurseries, Sale, Manchester, England,... Oct. (format; 32 p. gathering). **Abbreviated title**: *Ferns*. **Notes** *Publ*.: *Ed. 1*: 1892 (preface Mai 1892), p. \[1\]-128. with illustrations taken from the catalogues of his and his brother's nursery (n.v.). *Ed. 2*: 1897 (fide N.A. Hall 1983), p. \[1\]-128. *Copy*: L. *Ed. 3*: 1911 (n.v.).