> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 228](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33265905) of TL-2 Suppl. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/1707-1) LSID 1707-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8003467) QID Q8003467 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Clute, Willard Nelson (1869-1950), American botanist (pteridologist), education informal especially with private study, longtime with Butler University at Indianapolis, Indiana, later director of Holliday Park Botanical Garden, Indianapolis, editor and founder of the American Botanist and the Fern Bulletin, collected widely especially in the Navajo Reservation of N.E. Arizona. **Abbreviated name**: *Clute* \[standard form in IPNI: *Clute*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection BUT|BUT]], further material in [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection ECH|ECH]], [[Collection F|F]], [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection ILL|ILL]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection NHES|NHES]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection P|P]], [[Collection RM|RM]], [[Collection US|US]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 359 (b. 27 Feb 1869, Painted Post, NY, d. 7 Mar 1950); BM 1: 360; Ewan ed. 1: 184-185; IF p. 690, suppl. 1: 79, suppl. 4: 318; IH 2: 132, 580; Kew 1: 575; LS 5279-5283, 32.142; LS suppl. 5325; NW p. 42. #### Biofile - Anon., Fern Bull. 1902: 122-123; Amer. men sci. ed. 7: 331. 1944; Who's who in America 25: 470. 1948. - Correll, D.S. and M.C. Johnston, Man. vasc. pl. Texas 1771. 1970. - Daily, F.K., Proc. Indiana Acad. Sci. 69: 237-242. 1959. - Ewan, J., Bibl. bot. Arizona, *in* Amer. Midl. Natural. 17: 446-447. 1936. - Hitchcock, A.S. and A. Chase, Man. grass. U.S. 985. 1951. - Hunt Institution, Biogr. dict. bot. portr. coll. 78. 1972 (d. 7 Mar 1950, Indianapolis). - Titton, G.H., The fern lover’s Companion 1922: 211 (brief biogr. note). #### Composite works - (1) The *Fern Bulletin*, a quarterly devoted to ferns, edited by W.N. Clute 5-20, 1897-1912, preceded by Linn. Fern Bull. 1-4, 1893-1895. ### Publications ##### n.26.732. flora of the Upper Susquehanna **Title** The *flora of the Upper Susquehanna* and its tributaries... Binghampton, N.Y. (Willard N. Clute & Co.) 1898. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. Upp. Susquehanna*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1898 (Nat. Nov. Jan (2) 1899), frontisp. (map), p. \[i\]-xix, \[1\]-142, \[i, index to genera\]-x. *Copies*: BKL, HH, MO, NY. *First supplement*: 1901 (preface signed 15 Feb 1901), p. \[1\]-16. *Copies*: HH, MO, NY. – Binghampton, N.Y. (id.). 1901. ##### n.26.733. Our ferns in their haunts **Title** *Our ferns in their haunts*. A guide to all the native species... New York (Frederick A. Stokes Company Publishers) \[1901\]. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Our ferns*. **Notes** *Illustrations*: William Walworth Stilson. *Publ*.: 1901 (p. 6: preface 12 Apr 1901; Bot. Centralbl. 14 Aug 1901), frontisp. (*pl. 7*), p. \[iii\]-xii, \[1\]-332, *pl. 1-6, 8* (col.), *46* unnumb. uncol. pl. *Copies*: BKL, HH, MO, NY. *Second edition*: 1938 (p. xi, preface 2 Nov 1937), p. \[i-ii\], frontisp. col. (*pl. 1*), \[iii\]-xx, \[1\]-388, *pl. 2-8* (col.), all other (uncol.) pl. in text. *Copies*: HH, MO, U. – Illustrated by W.W. Stilson (see above) and Ida Martin Clute. ##### n.26.734. fern collector's guide **Title** The *fern collector's guide*. Where to find and how to name the ferns... New York (Frederick A. Stokes Company Publishers) \[1902\]. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Fern-coll. guide*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Sep 1902 (date on p. \[2\], preface, p. 6 signed 10 Mai 1902), frontisp., p. \[1\]-61. *Copies*: HH, MO. ##### n.26.735. fern allies of North America **Title** The *fern allies of North America* north of Mexico... New York (Frederick A. Stokes Company)... 1905. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Fern allies N. America*. **Notes** *Illustrations*: Ida Martin Clute. *Publ*.: *Ed. 1*: 1905 (preface dated 27 Feb 1905; rd. by NY Sep-Oct 1907 sic, Bot. Centralbl. 27 Mar 1906, Hedwigia 28 Mar 1906), p. \[i\]-xiv, \[1\]-278. *Copies*: HH, MO, NY. *Ed. 2* (Joliet, Illinois (Willard N. Clute & Co.)): 1928 (preface dated Jan 1928), frontisp., p. \[iii-vi\], \[ix, sic\]-xiv, \[3\]-278 \[i.e. 280\], many page numbers not used, interspersed with numerous unnumbered plates (most) on 2 sides \[completely erratic way of numbering\]. *Copies*: L, MO, U. ##### n.26.736. dictionary of American plant names **Title** A *dictionary of American plant names*... Joliet, Illinois (Willard N. Clute & Co.) 1923. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Dict. Amer. pl. names*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1923 (preface signed 31 Mar 1923; MO rd. 1 Dec 1924), p. \[i-viii\], \[1\]-215. *Copies*: MO, NY. ##### n.26.737. Botanical essays **Title** *Botanical essays*... Indianapolis, Indiana (Willard N. Clute & Co.) 1929. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Bot. essays*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1929 (p. iv preface dated Feb 1929; Nat. Nov. Feb 1930), p. \[i-v\], \[1\]-112. *Copies*: MO, U. – A selection from the essays written by the author for the Gardeners' Chronicle of America. ##### n.26.738. common names of plants **Title** The *common names of plants* and their meanings... Indianapolis, Indiana (Willard N. Clute & Co.) 1931. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Common names pl.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1931 (preface p.v. signed 30 Jun 1931), p. \[i-vii\], 1-160. *Copy*: NY. *Ed. 2*: 1942 (preface 15 Aug 1941), p. \[i-vii\], 1-164. *Copy*: MO. ##### n.26.739. second book of plant names **Title** A *second book of plant names* and their meanings... Indianapolis, Indiana (Willard N. Clute & Co.) 1939. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Sec. book. pl. names*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1939 (preface 26 Feb 1939), p. \[i\]-xi, \[1\]-164. *Copy*: MO. *Ed. 2*: 1942 (preface 15 Aug 1941), p. \[i-vii\], 1-156, Index: 157-164. *Copy*: MO.