> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 277](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33120408) of TL-2 Vol. I > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/970-1) LSID 970-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6167569) QID Q6167569 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Booth, William Beattie (c. 1804-1874), British gardener. **Abbreviated name**: *Booth* \[standard form in IPNI: *Booth*\] #### Herbarium and types No herbarium specimens are known to have existed. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 220; CSP 1: 492, 12: 101; BB p. 38; BM 1: 199; Kew 1: 300; MW p. 49. T. M., Gard. Chron. 1874(1): 838. - Anon., Proc. Linn. Soc. London 1874/75: xxxvii-xxxviii. 1875. ### Publications ##### n.651. Illustrations and descriptions of the plants which compose the natural order of Camellieae **Title** *Illustrations and descriptions of the plants which compose the natural order of Camellieae*, and of the varieties of Camellia japonica, cultivated in the gardens of Great Britain. The drawings by Alfred Chandler. The descriptions by William Beattie Booth, A.L.S. London (John and Arthur Arch) \[1830-\]1831. Fol. **Abbreviated title**: *Ill. descr. Camell.* **Notes** *Publ*.: in parts of 4 plates each, parts 1-2 (*pl. 1-8*) Jan-Mai 1830, 3-6 (*pl. 9-24*) Jun-Dec 1830, 7-10 (*pl. 25-40*) 1831 (preface, issued with part 6, dated 1 Nov 1831). A second volume was in preparation (GF p. 50; announcement of vol. 2, part 1 in Loudon, Gard. Mag. 13(86): 222-223. Mai 1837), but never appeared. Four plates in a cover, numbered 41-44 with text p. \[1-8\], entitled "Illustrations and descriptions... vol. 2, part 1," dated 1837, are at HU; they are described by Quinby (1952) as "possibly a trial issue"; Loudon's Gard. Mag. 13(86):of Mai 1837, however, reviews this part. The 40 plates (36 copper engravings, 4 lithographs) are by Alfred Chandler. Three states are known, with uncoloured, coloured and highly finished coloured plates ("pulcherrimae!" PR). *Copy*: HU. *Ref*.: BM 1: 199; DU 77; GF p. 51; Kew 1: 300; MW p. 49; NI 209; PR 1662; IDC 5857. - Stearn, Camellias and Magnolias, Report of the conference (Roy. Hort. Soc.) 127. 1950. - Quinby, Botanical books, prints and drawings from the collection of Mrs. Roy Arthur Hunt 10-11. 1952.