> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 301](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33265028) of TL-2 Suppl. I > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/427-1) LSID 427-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15177428) QID Q15177428 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Ball, Carleton Roy (1873-1958), American (Iowa born) botanist, studied at the Iowa State College, B.S. 1896, M.S. 1899, D.Sc. hon. causa 1920; taught botany at Iowa State College 1896-1898; with the U.S.D.A. Division of Agrostology 1898; initiated pioneer experiments with grain Sorghums and broom corn 1906, introduced, tested, classified and named wheat varieties from 1914, in charge of the Division of Cereal Crops and Diseases U.S.D.A. 1918-1929; specialized on Salix. **Abbreviated name**: *C.R. Ball* \[standard form in IPNI: *C.R.Ball*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection NA|NA]] (Willow herbarium 25.000 sheets, with library); other original herbarium material at [[Collection US|US]]; duplicates in [[Collection A|A]], [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection BPI|BPI]], [[Collection CS|CS]], [[Collection F|F]], [[Collection FLAS|FLAS]], [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection ILL|ILL]], [[Collection ISC|ISC]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection MICH|MICH]], [[Collection MIN|MIN]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection P|P]], [[Collection PH|PH]], [[Collection UC|UC]], [[Collection WELC|WELC]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 112; Ewan ed. 1: 155-156, ed. 2: 10; Hortus 3: 1187; IH 2: 52, 641; Kew 1: 145-146; LS 30.802; NW p. 40; Rehder 2: 99; TL-2/7255; Tucker 1: 56; Urban-Berl. p. 327. #### Biofile - Archer, W.A., Taxon 7(5): 121-123. 1958 (obit., b. 12 Jun 1873, Little Rock, Iowa, d. 2 Feb 1958, Washington D.C., portr.). - Clovis, J.F., Castanea 23: 134. 1958 (obit.). - Ewan, J. et al., Short hist. bot. U.S. 23. 1969. - Jones, C.C. (ed.), Agric. history 32: 150-151. 1958 (obit.). - Stieber, M.T. et al., Huntia 4(1): 35-39. 1981 (mss. at Hunt library). #### Manuscripts HU, see M.T. Stieber et al., Huntia 4(1): 35-39. 1981. #### Composite works - (1) With F. Lamson-Scribner, *Stud. Amer. grasses*, see TL-2/4167. - (2) With L.H. Pammel et al., *Grass. Iowa* part 2, 1905, see TL-2/7255. ### Publications ##### n.20.119. Notes on some western willows **Title** *Notes on some western willows*... \[Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis\]... 1899. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Notes west. willows*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 18 Mai 1899 (date on p. 90 of reprint), p. 69-90. *Copy*: B. − Preprinted from Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 9: 69-90. \[1899\]. 1900. ##### n.20.120. The genus Salix in Iowa **Title** *The genus Salix in Iowa*... Reprint from the report of the Iowa Acad. Sci. 1899 \[(Desmoines, Iowa) 1900\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1900 (in journal), p. \[141\]-154, *pl. 10-12* (maps). *Copy*: B. − Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. Iowa Acad. Sci. 7: 141-154, *pl. 10-12.* 1900 (for 1899). Also as Contr. Iowa-State Coll. Agr., Bot. Dept. no. 18. ##### n.20.121. Johnson Grass **Title** *Johnson Grass*: Report of investigations made during the season of 1901... Washington (Government printing office) 1902. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Johnson Grass*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1902, cover-t.p., *pl. 1* (uncol. phot.), p. \[1\]-24. *Copy*: G. − Issued as Bull. U.S.D.A. Bureau Pl. Industry 11, 1902. ##### n.20.122. The history and distribution of Sorghum **Title** *The history and distribution of Sorghum*... Washington (Government Printing Office) 1910. Oct.(format). **Abbreviated title**: *Hist. distr. Sorghum*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 8 Apr 1910 (date on t.p.; Nat. Nov. Jun 1910), cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-63. *Copy*: B. − Issued as Bull. U.S.D.A. Bureau Pl. Industry 175. 1910. ##### n.20.123. New **Title** *New* or little known *West American willows*... Berkeley, California (University of California Press) 1934. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 7 Sep 1934 (date on p. \[ii\]), cover-t.p, p. \[i-ii\], \[399\]-417, *pl. 67-74.* *Copies*: B, U. − Reprinted and to be cited from Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 17(14): \[i-ii\], 399-417, *pl. 67-74.* 1934.