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### Author
Chesnut, Victor King (1867-1938), American chemist and ethnobotanist, student of E.L. Greene at the University of California, assistant in chemistry at this University 1890-1893, from 1894-1933 as assistant botanist, later botanist.
**Abbreviated name**: *Chesnut*
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection US|US]] (500, orig.), further material in [[Collection JEPS|JEPS]] (field notes), [[Collection UC|UC]], [[Collection WECO|WECO]] (few).
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 1: 339 (b. 28 Jun 1867, Nevada City, Calif., d. 29 Aug 1938, Hyattsville, Maryland); BL 1: 167, 290; Ewan ed. 1: 181, ed. 2: 41; IH 2: 125; Kew 1: 528; LS 5076-5078; NAF 28B(2): 323; NW p. 42; Rehder 5(index): 173; Tucker 1: 152.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Allg. bot. Z. 1(4): 88. 15 Apr 1895 (asst. at USDA \[1894\]); Bot. Centralbl. 61(4): 176. 23 Jan 1895 (asst. at USDA \[1894\]).
- Lenz, L.W., Marcus E. Jones 140. 1986.
- Murrill, W.A., Hist. found. bot. Florida 18. 1945.
### Publications
##### n.25.787. poisonous plants
**Title**
Some common *poisonous plants*... U.S. Department of Agriculture. Division of Botany ... Reprinted from the Yearbook of the Department of Agriculture for 1896 \[1897\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1897, p. i-ii, 137-146. *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Yearb. Dept. Agric. 1896: i-ii, 137-146. 1897.
##### n.25.788. Principal poisonous plants
**Title**
*Principal poisonous plants* of the *United States*... Washington (Government Printing Office). 1898. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Princ. pois. pl. U.S.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1898 (Allg. bot. Z. 15 Sep 1898, Nat. Nov. Sep (1) 1898), cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-60. *Copies*: BR, G, HH, MO, NY. – Issued as Bull. 20, U.S.D.A., Div. Bot. 1898.
##### n.25.789. Thirty poisonous plants
**Title**
*Thirty poisonous plants* of the *United States*... Washington (Government Printing Office). 1898. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Thirty pois. pl. U.S.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1898 (Nat. Nov. Feb (2) 1899), p. \[1\]-32. *Copies*: BR, G, Kon.-Inst. Trop. Amsterdam. – Issued as U.S.D.A. Farmer's Bull. 86. 1898.
*Facsimile reprint*: Jun 1976, p. \[1\]-32. \[33, original title, letter of transmittal, ISBN O-8466-6051-2\]. *Copy*: MO.
##### n.25.790. plants poisonous to stock
**Title**
Preliminary catalogue of *plants poisonous to stock*... Reprinted from Annual Report of the Bureau of Animal Industry for 1898. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1898, cover-t.p., p. i, iii, 387-420, i-iv (index). *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. Rep. Bureau Animal Industry for 1898: i, iii, 387-420, i-iv.
##### n.25.791. poisonous plants
**Title**
Some *poisonous plants* of the northern *stock ranges*... \[Washington (Government Printing Office)... 1901\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1901, p. \[i\], \[iii\], 305-324, *pl. 32-34* (uncol. phot.). *Copies*: B, HH. – Reprinted and to be cited from Yearb. Dept. Agric. 1900: 305-324, *pl. 32-34.* 1901.
##### n.25.792. stock-poisoning plants of Montana
**Title**
The *stock-poisoning plants of Montana*: a preliminary Report... Washington (Government Printing Office). 1901. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Stock-pois. pl. Montana*.
**Notes**
*Co-author*: Early Vernon Wilcox (b. 16 Feb 1869, Busti, N.Y.).
*Publ*.: Mar-Mai 1901 (mss. submitted to U.S.D.A. 9 Feb 1901, Nat. Nov. Jun (1) 1901), frontisp., p. \[1\]-150, *pl. 1-36.* *Copies*: BR, HH, MO, NY. – Issued as Bull. 26, U.S.D.A., Div. Bot. 1901. – Also published as Senate docum. 160, 56-th Congr., 2º sess., serial no. 4039.
##### n.25.793. Plants used by the Indians of Mendocino County
**Title**
*Plants used by the Indians of Mendocino County*, California... Washington (Government Printing Office). 1902. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Plants Mendocino Co.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 24 Mar 1902 (in journal; Nat. Nov. Oct (1) 1902), frontisp., p. \[i\]-vi, 295-408, index \[i\]-vii, *pl. 10-21* (uncol. phot.). *Copies*: BR, MO, U. – Issued as Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 7(3). 1902.