> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 242](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33260230) of TL-2 Suppl. VI > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/2448-1) LSID 2448-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5216728) QID Q5216728 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] > [!example] See also [[Eaton, Daniel Cady|first entry]] for this author ### Author \* Eaton, Daniel Cady (1834-1895), American botanist, mainly pteridologist, born 12 Sep 1834 at Forest Gratiot, Mich., received his early training in New York City and other places, entered Yale University in 1853, B.A. in 1857, studied botany at Harvard, B.S. with thesis in 1860, chair of botany in Yale College 1864, somewhat later appointed university professor, visited Europe in 1866 and 1887, D.C. Eaton was the grandson of Amos Eaton, died 30 Jun 1895 at his home in New Haven. **Abbreviated name**: *D.C. Eaton* \[standard form in IPNI: *D.C.Eaton*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection YU|YU]] (14.000), further material at [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection BUF|BUF]], [[Collection C|C]], [[Collection CGE|CGE]], [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection GRA|GRA]], [[Collection HH (sensu TL-2)|HH]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection LD|LD]], [[Collection LE|LE]], [[Collection MASS|MASS]], [[Collection MICH|MICH]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection PC|PC]], [[Collection PH|PH]], [[Collection WECO|WECO]], [[Collection WELC|WELC]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 491; BL 1: 171, 294; BM 2: 502; Bossert p. 112; Clokie p. 161; CSP 2: 435, 7: 589, 9: 769, 12: 212, 14: 766; DAB 5: 606-607; Ewan ed. 1: 37, 201, 333, ed. 2: 66; Hortus 3: 1192; IF p. 693-695; IH 2: 176, 190; Jackson p. 357, 359, 364, 509; Lenley p. 146-148, 454; ME 1: 180, 3: 569 (index); Morren ed. 2, p. 36, ed. 10, p. 118; MW p. 104; NI 575-576; PR 2594; SBC p. 119; TL-1: 123; TL-2/1: 719-720, and see indexes; Tucker 1: 223; Urban-Berl. p. 298, 319; Zander ed. 10, p. 655, ed. 11, p. 745-746. #### Biofile - Anon., Bot. Gaz. 18(5): 195. Mai 1895, 20(9): 430. Sep. 1895, 22(6): 502. Dec; Evening Post: New York, Monday July 1, 1895 (obit.); J. Bot. \[Morot\] 9(15): 280. 1 Aug 1895; Bot. Centralbl. 63(34): 255. 28 Aug 1895 (d.); J. Bot. 33: 288. Sep 1895 (d.); Allg. Bot. Z. 1(10): 200. 15 Oct 1895; Hedwigia 34(5)(Beibl.): (165). 19 Oct 1895 (d.); Nat. Nov. 17: 309. 1895; Bot. Jahrb. 21(Beibl. 53): 59. 11 Feb 1896; Bot. Not. 1896: 14. - Barnhart J.H., Torreya 9(12): 254-255. 1909. - Brewer, W.H., Amer. J. Sci. 50: 184-188. 1895. - Britton, N.L., Science ser. 2. 2: 57-58. 1895 (note on d. of E.). - Castellanos, A. and R.A. Pérez-Moreau, Lilloa 6: 35. 1941. - Davenport, G.E., Bot. Gaz. 20(8): 366-369, *pl. 26 A.* 1895 (portr.), see also J. Bot. 33: 313. 1895. - Day, M.A., Rhodora 20: 74-75. Apr 1918. - Dupree, A.H., Asa Gray 486 (index). 1959. - Earle Smith, Bartonia 28: 21, *pl. 4.* 1957. - Eaton, D.C. and E. Faxon, Bot. Gaz. 18(5): 195. Mai 1895 (issue specimens N.A. Sphagna). - Ewan, J. et al., Short hist. bot. U.S. 9, 11, 45, 93, 98, 99, 101, 117. 1969. - Floyd, F.G., Amer. Fern J. 5(1): 14. 18 Mar 1915. - Gray, J.L., Letters A. Gray 438, 470, 702. 1893. - Humphrey, H.B., Makers N. Amer. Bot. 78. 1961. - Koster, J.Th., Taxon 18(5): 552. 1969. - Mears, J.A., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 133: 149. 1981. - Merrill, E.D., B.P. Bishop Mus. Bull. 144: 76. 1937. - Milner, J.D., Cat. Portr. Kew 41. 1906. - Nelson, E.C., Glasra 4: 45. 1980. - Penhallow, D.P., Proc. roy. Soc. Canada ser. 2. 3: 14, 37. 1897. - Reid, A.M.M., Occ. Pap. Farlow Herb. 19: 15-18. Apr 1987. - Rodgers, A.D., William Starling Sullivant 219, 223, 265-268, 270. 1940; John Torrey 340 (index). 1942; Amer. bot. 1873-1892. 327 (index). 1944; John Merle Coulter 15, 30, 33, 50, 53, 78. 1944. - Sayre, G, Bryologist 80(3): 507. 1977. - Setchell, W.A., Bull. Torrey bot. Club 22(7): 341-351. 1895 (portr., bibl); Fern Bull. 8(3): 49-52. Jul 1900 (portr.). - Steere, W.C., Botanical Review 43(3): 290. 1977. - Stieber, M.T., Huntia 4(3): 155. 1982. - Stieber, M.T. and A.L. Karg, Huntia 5(3): 176. 1984. - Sutton, S.B., Charles Sprague Sargent 65. 1970. - Urban, I., Symb. ant. 1: 41. 1898. - Voss, E.G., Contrib. Univ. Michigan Herb. 13: 13. 1978. - Zander, R.H., Bryologist 81: 188. 1978 (portr.). #### Composite works See TL-2/1: 720. - (1) F.W. Hall, *Cat. coll. ferns* 1873, see TL-2/no. 2275. - (2) Sereno Watson (1826-1892), *United States geological exploration* \[sic\] *of the fourtieth paralell*, see TL-2/no. 16.812. ### Publications ##### n.32.398. ferns collected **Title** Enumeration of *ferns collected* by Mr. *Charles Wright*, in Eastern Cuba in 1856-7... \[Amer. J. Sci. Arts\] 1859. Oct. **Notes** *Collector*: Charles Wright (1811-1885), see TL-2/7: 464-466 and IH 2: 1188. *Publ*.: 1859, p. \[197\]-201. *Copies*: G, NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Amer. J. Sci. Arts ser. 2. 27: 197-201. 1859. ##### n.32.399. Woodsia **Title** On the genus *Woodsia*... From the Canadian Naturalist... 1865. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Apr 1865 (date on p. 3), cover (= p. \[1\]), \[3\]-6. *Copies*: BKL, NY(2). – Reprinted and to be cited from Canad. Naturalist ser. 2. 2: 89-92. 1865. ##### n.32.400. plants **Title** Notes on some of the *plants* in the *herbaria* of *Linné* and *Michaux*... The Canadian Nauralist... 1870. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Mar 1870 (date on p. 24), p. 24-31. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Canad. Naturalist ser. 2. 5: 24-31. 1870. ##### n.32.401. directions **Title** Plain *directions* for *collecting Algae*.... undated \[i.e. 1872\]. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Dir. coll. Algae*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1872 (see Setchell), p. \[1\]- 4. *Copy*: L. ##### n.32.402. Marine Algae **Title** List of *Marine Algae* collected near *Eastport*, Maine, in August and September, 1873 \[changed in ink in 1872\], in connection with the work of the U.S. Fish Commission under Prof. S.F. Baird.... From the Transactions of the Connecticut academy of arts and sciences, ... 1873. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Oct-Dec 1873 (text signed New Haven 19 Mar 1873), p. \[343\]-350. *Copies*: HH, NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Trans. Connecticut Acad. Arts 2(2): 343-350. 1873. ##### n.32.403. Characters **Title** *Characters* of new *ferns* from *Mexico*... From the Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences... 1873. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1873 (read 13 Mai 1873), p. \[1\]-2. *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 8: 618-619. 1873. ##### n.32.404. catalogue **Title** A *catalogue* of the *flowering plants* and higher cryptogams growing without cultivation within thirty miles of *Yale College*... Published by the Berzelius Society... New Haven (Sheffield Scientific School...) 1878. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Catal. fl. pl. Yale Coll.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1878, p. \[i\]-vii, \[1\]-71, \[72, add. and corr.\], 1 map. *Copies*: HH, MO. *Note*: Though this publication was prepared by students of the Sheffield Scientific School, D.C. Eaton did examine everything and wrote the introduction. ##### n.32.405. Ferns **Title** Report upon U.S. geographical surveys West of the one hundredth meridian... *Ferns* of the *Southwest*: An account of the ferns which have been collected in so much of the territory of the United States of America as is West of the 105th degree of W. Longitude, and South of the 40th degree of N. Latitude... \[1878\]. Qu. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1878, p. \[i\]-vii, 299-351, *pl. 30* (uncol. lith.). *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Report U.S. Geogr. Surv. West of One Hundredth Meridian 6: 299-351, *pl. 30.* 1878. ##### n.32.406. Systematic fern-list **Title** *Systematic fern-list*: a classified list of the known ferns of the United States of America with the geographical range of the species... First edition... New Haven (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, printers) 1880. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Syst. fern-list*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1880 (preface signed 7 Sep 1880, Nat. Nov. Jan (1) 1881, Bot. Zeit. 25 Sep 1881) cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-12. *Copies*: G, MO, NY. *Ref*.: G.E.D., Bot. Gaz. 5(10): 131-132. Oct 1880 (rev.). - Anon., Bull. Torrey bot. Club 7(10): 112. Oct. 1880. ##### n.32.407. Beautiful ferns **Title** *Beautiful ferns*. From original water-color drawings after nature, by C.E. Faxon and J.H. Emerton. Descriptive text by Daniel Cady Eaton... Barton (S.E. Cassino, publishers) 1882. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Beautif. ferns*. **Notes** *Artist*: Charles Edward Faxon (1846-1918), and James Henry Emerton (1847-1930). *Publ*.: 1882, p. \[1\]-158, incl. *19* col. *pl. Copies*: HH, MO, NY. \[*Ed. 2*\]: 1887 \[Troy, N.Y., (H.B. Nims)\] (Nat. Nov. Jan (1) 1887), unpaged \[sic\] 10 leaves col. plates with varying number of text pages. *Copies*: MO, NY. ##### n.32.408. North American Sphagna **Title** A check-list of *North American Sphagna*, arranged mostly in accordance with the writings of Dr. Carl Warnstorf,... New Haven, Connecticut... 1893. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *N. Amer. Sphagna*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Mai 1893 (date on p. \[1\]), p. \[1-10\]. *Copies*: BKL, HH, NY(2). ##### n.32.409. Sphagna Boreali-Americana Exsiccata **Title** *Sphagna Boreali-Americana Exsiccata*. Curaverunt D.C. Eaton et E. Faxon. Distribuit G.F. Eaton... New Haven, Connecticut. 1896. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Dec 1896 (p. 3 signed 1 Sep 1896 by E. Faxon, BM rd. 6 Mar 1897, NY rd. 6 Mar 1897). *Copies*: BM, G, HH, NY, PC. *Note*: This is the systematic list accompanying the sets of exsiccata mentioned in TL-2/1: 719. *Ref*.: Sayre, G., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 19(2): 196-197. 22 Jun 1970.