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### Author
Bush, Benjamin Franklin ("Frank") (1858-1937), American botanist, ornithologist, collector, born in Columbus, Indiana, conducted a general store, (at the same time postmaster) at Courtney near Kansas City for forty years, correspondent of Asa Gray and George Engelmann, collected with C.S. Sargent of Harvard 1898-1899, employed to assist the specimens of wood for the Columbian Exposition at Chicago, collected sets of plants for botanical institutions (HH, NY, US), ultimately at Independence, Mo.
**Abbreviated name**: *Bush* \[standard form in IPNI: *Bush*\]
#### Herbarium and types
Major set at [[Collection HH (sensu TL-2)|HH]] (p.p. collected with Sargent (400 specimens), [[Collection NY|NY]] (5706), [[Collection US|US]] (10.708) and [[Collection B|B]] (1000). – Further material at [[Collection BUT|BUT]], [[Collection CGE|CGE]], [[Collection DAU|DAU]], [[Collection DBN|DBN]], [[Collection DELS|DELS]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection F|F]], [[Collection GB|GB]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection KSC|KSC]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection LE|LE]], [[Collection MANCH|MANCH]], [[Collection MIN|MIN]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection NMC|NMC]], [[Collection ND|ND]], [[Collection OKLA|OKLA]], [[Collection PENN|PENN]], [[Collection PH|PH]], [[Collection POM|POM]], [[Collection TEX|TEX]].
Sets distributed: *Plants of Indian Territory* (1894), *Plants of Missouri* (1894-1895), *Plants of Texas* (1901).
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 1: 290 (b. 21 Jan 1858, Columbus, Ind., d.14 Feb 1937, Independence, Mo.); BL 1: 193, 194; CSP 13: 938; Hortus 3: 1190; IH 2: 109, 639; Kew 1: 439; Langman p. 172; NAF 28(B)(2): 322; Rehder 5(index): 141; TL-2/5187; Tucker 1: 129; Urban-Berl. p. 335; Zander ed. 10, p. 642, ed. 11, p. 731.
#### Biofile
- Anon., J. New York Bot. Gard. 38: 69. 1937 (death notice); Torreya 37(2): 44. 1937 (obit. note); New York World Telegram, Monday, February 15, 1937; New York Herald Tribune, Tuesday, February 16, 1937; "Missourians the World knows" (cutting of unidentified journal at NY, portr., details on his collecting).
- Palmer, E.J., Amer. Fern J. 27: 69-71.1937 (obit., details on collecting).
- Sargent, C.S., Silva 7: 110. 1895 (biogr. note).
- Stieber, M.T. et al., Huntia 4(1): 73. 1981 (letter fragment at HU, on collecting with Sargent).
- Sutton, S.B., Charles Sprague Sargent 283. 1920.
#### Composite works
- (1) *Notes on the botany of some southern swamps*... *in* Garden and Forest 10: 514-516. 1897.
- (2) Co-author with K.K. Mackenzie, *Man. fl. Jackson County*, Kansas City, Mo., TL-2/5187 (brief descriptions of 1141 species), publ. Jul-Aug 1902. – *Ref*.: W. Trelease, Bot. Centralbl. 90(41): 428-429. 15 Oct 1902.
- (3) *Notes on trees and shrubs of Missouri*, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 10: 133-158. 1926, supplementary notes on 97 species to Tracy's flora, 1886, see TL-2/14.828. – See BL 1: 193.
### Publications
##### n.23.937. Flora of Jackson County
**Title**
*Flora of Jackson County*... First edition... Independence; Missouri (Sentinel Book and Job Print... 1882) Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Fl. Jackson Cy..*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Dec 1882 (date on t.p.), p. \[i\]-iv, \[5\]-20. *Copy*: MO.
*First supplement*: 1885 (Introd. signed 10 Feb 1885), p. \[i\]-ii, \[3\]-8. *Copy*: MO. – *Co-author*: Cameron Mann.
##### n.23.938. Notes on a list of plants collected in Southeastern Missouri in 1893
**Title**
*Notes on a list of plants collected in Southeastern Missouri in 1893*... Missouri Botanical Garden Fifth Annual Report... St. Louis, MO. (published by the Board of Trustees) 1894. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 27 Apr 1894, *in* Ann. Report Missouri Bot. Gard. 5: 139-153. 1894. – *Copy*: MO, U (in journal).
##### n.23.939. trees, shrubs and vines of Missouri
**Title**
The *trees, shrubs and vines of Missouri*... Jefferson City, MO (Tribune Printing Company,...) 1895. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1895, *in* Ann. Report State Hort. Soc. of Missouri 37: 353-393, \[i\]-v. 1895. – *Copy*: MO (in journal).
##### n.23.940. Lespedezas of Missouri
**Title**
The *Lespedezas of Missouri*... Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis ... 1902. Oct.
*Senior author*: Kenneth Kent Mackenzie (1877-1934), see TL-2/3: 227-228.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 19 Mar 1902 (date on cover-t.p. and p. 19), cover-t.p., p. 11-19, *pl. 1-4* (uncol. phot.).
*Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 12(2): 11-19, *pl. 1-4.* 1902.
##### n.23.941. North American
**Title**
The *North American* species of *Chaerophyllum* \[I\]. The North American species of *Triodia* \[II\]... Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis... 1902. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 9 Jun 1902 (date on cover-t.p., text submitted 6 Jan 1902), cover-t.p., p. \[I\]: 57-63, \[II\]: \[64\]-77, *pl. 10-11* (uncol. draw.). *Copies*: BKL, L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 12(6): 57-77, *pl. 10-11.* 1902.
##### n.23.942. New plants from Missouri
**Title**
*New plants from Missouri*... Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis... 1902. Oct.
*Senior author*: Kenneth Kent Mackenzie (1877-1934), see TL-2/3: 227-228.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 9 Jun 1902 (date on cover-t.p., and on p.89), cover-t.p., p. \[79\]-89, *pl. 12-17* (uncol.).
*Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 12(7): 79-89, *pl. 12-17.* 1902.
##### n.23.943. list
**Title**
A *list* of the *ferns* of *Texas*... Reprinted from Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club ... 1903. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 11 Jun 1903 (in journal), p. 343-358. *Copy*: BKL. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Torrey bot. Club 30(6): 343-358. 1903.
##### n.23.944. A new genus of grasses
**Title**
*A new genus of grasses* \[Neeragrostis\]... Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis... 1903. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 11 Dec 1903 (date on cover-t.p., and on p.183), cover-t.p., p. 175-183, *pl. 7-8* (uncol. phot.). *Copies*: B, L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 13(7): 175-183, *pl. 7-8.* 1903. – *Neeragrostis* Bush, see ING 2: 1152. 1979.
##### n.23.945. Othake
**Title**
The genus *Othake* Raf.... Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis... 1904. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 8 Jun 1904 (date on cover-t.p.), cover-t.p., p. 171-180. *Copy*: BKL. – Reprinted and to be cited from Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 14(6): 171-180. 1904.
##### n.23.946. North American species of Fuirena
**Title**
The *North American species of Fuirena*... \[Ann. Report Missouri Bot. Gard.... 1905\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 31 Mai 1905 (see date in vol. 17:3. 1906, Nat. Nov. Jul (2) 1905), p. 87-99. *Copies*: B, BKL, U. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. Report Missouri Bot. Gard. 16: 87-99. 1906.
##### n.23.947. Texas Tradescantias
**Title**
Two new *Texas Tradescantias*... \[Ann. Report Missouri Bot. Gard.... 1905\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 31 Mai 1905 (in journal), p. 100-101. *Copies*: BKL, U. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. Report Missouri Bot. Gard. 16: 100-101. 1905.
##### n.23.948. new Texas plants
**Title**
Some *new Texas plants*... \[Ann. Report Missouri Bot. Gard.... 1906\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 6 Nov 1906 (in journal), p. 119-125. *Copy*: U. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. Report Missouri Bot. Gard. 17: 119-125. 1906.
##### n.23.949. Missouri Saxifrages
**Title**
The *Missouri Saxifrages*... \[Ann. Report Missouri Bot. Gard.... 1909\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 14 Jan 1910 (in journal), p. 138-140. *Copies*: BKL, U. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. Report Missouri Bot. Gard. 20: 138-140. 1910.
##### n.23.950. Missouri Agrimonies
**Title**
The *Missouri Agrimonies*... Reprinted from Annals of the Missouri Bot. Gard.... 1916. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 4 Nov 1916 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. 309-318. *Copies*: BKL, G, MO, U. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 3(3): 309-318. 1916.
##### n.23.951. Euthamia in Missouri
**Title**
The genus *Euthamia in Missouri*... \[Amer. Midl. Natural.... 1918\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Jan-Mar 1918 (in journal), p. \[157\]-177. *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Amer. Midl. Natural. 5(7-8): 157-177. 1918.
##### n.23.952. Missouri Artemisias
**Title**
The *Missouri Artemisias*... \[Amer. Midl. Natural.... 1928\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Jan 1928 (in journal), p. 25-40. *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Amer. Midl. Natural. 11(1): 25-40. 1928.