> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 437](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33266114) of TL-2 Suppl. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/1854-1) LSID 1854-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6433624) QID Q6433624 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Cox, Ewan Hillhouse Methuen (1893-1977), British rock gardener, plant hunter in China. **Abbreviated name**: *Cox* \[standard form in IPNI: *Cox*\] #### Herbarium and types Unknown. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 390; Hortus 3: 1191; Kew 1: 636; NI suppl. p. 28 (no. 418n); Plesch p. 184, 347-348; Zander ed. 10, p. 648, ed. 11, p. 737. #### Biofile - Coats, A.M., The Plant hunters 127, 174-175. 1969. - Cox, P.A., Quart. Bull. Amer. Rhododendron Soc. 31(4): 233-234. 1977 (portr., obit.). - Fletcher, H.R., Story Roy. Hort. Soc. 1804-1968: 299. 1969. - Frodin, D.G., Guide standard floras world no. 583. 1984. - Hadfield, M., Pioneers in gardening 230. 1951. - Taylor, G., J. Scott. Rock Gard. Club 15(4): 292-294. 1977. #### Composite works - (1) The *New Flora and Sylva*, edited by E.H.M. Cox, vols. 1-12, 1929-1940. – Plesch p. 347-348. #### Outside our period *Plant hunting in China*; a history of botanical exploration in China and the Tibetan Marches, 230 p., 3 maps, 25 pl., London (Collins) 1945. Oct. – Plesch p. 184. ### Publications ##### n.28.010. Rhododendrons for amateurs **Title** *Rhododendrons for amateurs*... London (Country Life, Ltd....), New York (Charles Scribner's Sons) 1924. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Rhodod. amat.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1924, p. \[i\], frontisp., \[iii\]-xii, 1-111, \[112\], xiii-xvi, 7 double uncol. phots. *Copy*: NY. ##### n.28.011. Farrer's last journey **Title** *Farrer's last journey*: Upper Burma 1919-1920... together with a complete list of all Rhododendrons collected by Reginald Farrer, and his field notes, compiled by Miss Helen T. Maxwell... London (Dulau & Co., Ltd.) 1926. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Farrer's last journey*. **Notes** *Collector*: Reginald John Farrer (1880-1920), see IH 2: 190. *Publ*.: 1926, p. \[i\]-xix, \[1\]-244, frontisp. and pl. *Copies*: HH, MO, U. ##### n.28.012. Primulas for garden **Title** *Primulas for garden* and greenhouse... London (Dulau & Co., Ltd.) 1928. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Primulas gard.* **Notes** *Co-author*: George Crosbie Taylor (1901-1962). *Publ*.: 1928, p. \[1\]-127, *16 pl. Copy*: MO. *New edition* (n.v.): 1947, p. viii, 86, 16 phot. ills.