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### Author
Saunders, Charles Francis (1859-1941), American botanist; educated at Friend's Central High School, Philadelphia; after graduation (1875) employed at the office of a Philadelphia shipping firm; moved to California 1904; enthusiastic amateur botanist.
**Abbreviated name**: *C.F. Saunders* \[standard form in IPNI: *C.F.Saunders*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection PH|PH]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 3: 214 (b. 12 Jul 1859, d. 1 Mai 1941); BL 1: 159, 317; Bossert p. 349; Kew 4: 601; Langman p. 675; NI 1730; PH p. 523 \[index\]; Rehder 1: 317, 3: 338; Tucker 3: 269.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Brit. Mus. gen. cat. print. books 213: 540-541. 1964; Who's who in America 8: 2054. 1914-1915, 9: 2156. 1916-1917, 10: 2379. 1918-1919, 12: 2714-2715. 1922-1923, 13: 2814. 1924-1925, 14: 1680. 1926-1927, 15: 1833. 1928-1929, 17: 2020. 1932-1933, 18: 2084. 1934-1935, 19: 2142. 1936-1937, 20: 2185. 1938-1939, 21: 2268. 1940-1941, 22: 1923. 1942-1943; Who was who in America 1: 1080. 1968.
- Clute, W.N., ed., Amer. bot. 47: 92-93. 1941 (obit.).
- Lenz, L.W., Aliso 9: 8. 1977.
- Mears, J.A., Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia 133: 161. 1981 (coll. PH).
- Marquis, A.N., ed., Who's who in America 8: 2054. 1914-1915, 18: 2034. 1934, 19: 2142. 1936.
- Pennell, F.W., Bartonia 22: 20. 1943 (obit.).
- Saunders, C.F., Under the sky in California, New York 1913 (repr. 1919), 299 p.
- W.N.C. \[Clute\], Fern Bull. 10: 77. 1942 (obit., portr.).
### Publications
##### n.10.337. With the flowers and trees in California
**Title**
*With the flowers and trees in California*... New York (McBride, Nast & Company) 1914. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Fl. trees Calif.*
**Notes**
*Ed*. \[*1*\]: Sep 1914 (p. \[iv\]: Sep 1914; Nat. Nov. Dec 1914), frontisp., p. \[i-xv\], \[1\]-286, 27 *pl*. (4 in col. by Elisabeth Hallowell Saunders) *Copies*: MICH, USDA.
*Reprint* (*1*) Apr 1919, frontisp., p. \[i-xv\], \[1\]-286, *27 pl*. (id.). *Copy*: NY.
*Reprint* (*2*): Jun 1923, frontisp., p. \[i-xv\], \[1\]-286, *27 pl. Copies*: G, HH, NY.
##### n.10.337a. Western flower guide
**Title**
*Western flower guide* wild flowers of the Rockies and West to the Pacific... Garden City, New York (Doubleday, Page & Company) 1917.
**Abbreviated title**: *Western fl. guide*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1917, p. \[i-vii\], \[1\]-286, 250 col. ills. *Copies*: HH, USDA.
*Reprint*: 1922, p. \[i-vii\], \[1\]-286, 250 col. ill. *Copy*: NY.
*See also*: *Western wild flowers and their stories*, Garden City, N.Y., 1933, xiv, 320 p. (n.v.).
##### n.10.338. Useful wild plants
**Title**
*Useful wild plants* of the United States and Canada... New York (Robert M. McBride & Co.) 1920. Oct.
**Notes**
*Ed*. \[*1*\]: Apr 1920 (fide 1926 ed., GH rd 4 Jun 1920), frontisp., p. \[i-xii\], 1-275, *15 pl*.
*Copy*: HH.
*Revised ed*.: Jan 1926, frontisp., p. \[i-xii\], 1-275, *15 pl. Copy*: HH.