> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 401](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33265598) of TL-2 Suppl. II > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/1048-1) LSID 1048-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4095221) QID Q4095221 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Bowles, Edward Augustus (1865-1954), English horticulturist and entomologist, educated at home until 1884, went to Jesus College, Cambridge, degree in theology 1887, (never ordained) gentleman of private means from 1887 dedicating himself to social work and natural history at his family home Myddelton House, Enfield, Middlesex. **Abbreviated name**: *Bowles* \[standard form in IPNI: *Bowles*\] #### Herbarium and types Some specimens of garden origin at [[Collection BM|BM]] (info. W.F. Stearn). #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 234 (b. 14 Mai 1865); Desmond p. 81 (further refs.); Hortus 3: 1189; Kew 1: 330; Plesch 155; Zander ed. 10, p. 639, ed. 11, p. 726. #### Biofile - Allan, M., E.A. Bowles and his garden at Myddelton House, London "1973" \[i.e. 1975\], 264 p. - Anon., Gardeners Mag. 1907: 689-690 (portr.); Entomologist's Rec. J. Var. 66: 178-179. 1954. - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 79.7, 216.7, 229.283, 275.11. 1980. - Buxton, P.A., Proc. Roy. entom. Soc., London C-19: 68. 1955. - Fletcher, H.R., The story of the Royal Horticultural Society 1804-1968. 529 (index, many entries). 1969. - H.M.E., Entomologist 87: 148-149. 1954. - Massingham, B., A century of gardeners, London 1982, 256 p. (portr.). - Murray, G., Hist. Coll. Nat. Hist. Depts. Brit. Mus. 1: 136. 1904 (herb. specim. Crocus etc., presented 1901-1903). - Nelmes, E. and D.C. Cuthbertson, Curtis's Bot. Mag. Dedications 1827-1927. 388-390. 1931 (dedic. in Bot. Mag. 151). - Perry, F., Country life 1985: 1255-1257 ("Church's loss, Garden's gain", portr.). - Rix, M., The art of the botanist 212, 216. 1981. - Stearn, W.T., unpublished information in writing s.d.; J. Roy. Hort. Soc. 80(7-8): 317-326, 366-376. 1955 (main source, biogr., portr., list of publications); Ann. Musei Goulandris 6: 127-135. 1983. - Street, J., Amateur Gardening 85(4354): 40. 1968 (portr.). #### Note - (1) Bowles' "*My garden in spring, summer, autumn and winter*", 3 vols. 1914-1915. − Reprinted 1972. ### Publications ##### n.22.477. A handbook of Crocus and Colchicum **Title** *A handbook of Crocus and Colchicum* for gardeners... London (The Bodley Head) 1924. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Handb. Crocus*. **Notes** *Publ*.: *Ed. 1*: 1924, n.v. *Ed. 2*: 1952, errata slip, p. \[1-2\], *pl. 1* (col.), \[3\]-222, *pl. 2-34* (drawings, some col.). − *Copy*: U. ##### n.22.478. A handbook of Narcissus **Title** *A handbook of Narcissus*... London (Martin Hopkinson Ltd....) 1934. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Handb. Narcissus*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1934 (Nat. Nov. Feb 1935), p. \[1\], frontisp., \[3\]-248, *pl. 2-24* (uncol. drawings). *Copies*: MO, U. *Ref*.: Stieber, M.T. et al., Huntia 4(1): 60. 1981 (author's working copy of *Handb. Narcissus *at HU).