> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 36](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33259082) of TL-2 Suppl. V > Author links: [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18911198) QID Q18911198 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Dame, Lorin Low (1838-1903), American botanist, born at Newmarket, N.H. 12 Mar 1838, entered Tufts College 1856, graduating in 1860, head principal at High School at Braintree 1860-1863, commissioned second Lieutenant in Tennessee, first lieutenant 1865, principal of Lexington High School 1865-1868, at Nantucket High School 1868-1870, Stone High School 1870-1876, Medford High School 1876-1903. **Abbreviated name**: *Dame* #### Herbarium and types [[Collection HH (sensu TL-2)|HH]], further material at [[Collection MASS|MASS]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 415 (b. 12 Mar 1838, Newmarket, N.H., d. 27 Jan 1903, Medford, Mass.); BL 1: 187, 292; GR p. 211; IH 2: 151; Kew 2: 8; LS 32.445; NI 450; Nordstedt p. 12; supp. p. 6; Rehder 5(index): 208; Tucker 1: 184-185. #### Biofile - Collins, F.S., Rhodora 5(53): 121-123, Mai 1903 (biogr., portr.). - Day, M., Rhodora 3: 220. 1901 (herb. devoted to the trees of New England). - Morss, C.H., Lorin Low Dame 1838-1903, Medford 1903. - Pennell, F.W. and J.H. Barnhart, Monogr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1: 604. 1935 (herb. at Harvard, now HH). - Prescott, G.W., Bibl. Desmid. Univ. 102, 115. 1984. #### Composite works Dame, L.L., *Historic trees* (*Bay State Monthly* 1: 84-88. 1884) and *Granite Monthly* 8: 347-351. 1885. – Fide Rehder 1: 295. ### Publications ##### n.28.790. Flora **Title** *Flora* of *Middlesex county*, Massachusetts... Malden... (Middlesex Institute) 1888. Oct. **Notes** *Co-author*: Frank Shipley Collins (1848-1920), see TL-2/1: 527, and suppl. 4: 271-274. *Publ*.: 1888 (Bot. Gaz. Oct 1888, Nat. Nov. Nov (2) 1888), \[p. \[i\]-xix\], \[1\]-201 \[reference map E.P. Adams\]. *Copies*: HH(2), MO, NY. – Rehder 1: 315, BL 1: 187, LS 32.445, Tucker 1: 185. *Note*: Manuscript notes of the two authors used as foundation for *Flora of Middlesex County*, Massachusetts, 4 vols., vol. 5 mss. names omitted in printed list. Mss. at HH (GH), 1995 p. *Ref*.: Cook, M.P., Some additions to the "Flora of Middlesex County..." Rhodora 1: 80-82. 1899. - Smith, E.C., Further additions... Rhodora 1: 97-98. 1899. - Harmer, A.W., Further additions... Rhodora 1: 223-224. 1899. ##### n.28.791. Typical elms **Title** *Typical elms* and other trees of *Massachusetts*... Introductory chapter by Oliver Wendell Holmes. Descriptive text by Lorin L. Dame... Boston (Little, Brown and Company) 1890. Fol. **Notes** *Plates*: Henry Brooks (b. 1857). *Introductory chapter*: Oliver Wendel Holmes. *Publ*.: 1890 (Nat. Nov. Mar (2) 1891, Bot. Zeit. 26 Jun 1891), p. \[1\]-89, *58 pl* (uncol. phot.). *Copies*: HH, MO, NY. – Rehder 1: 295. ##### n.28.792. trees **Title** Handbook of the *trees* of *New England*, with ranges throughout the United States and Canada... Boston (Ginn & Company...) 1902. 12-mo. **Notes** *Co-author*: Henry Brooks (b. 1857), drawings from Elizabeth Gleason Bigelow. *Publ*.: *Ed. 1*: 1902 \[1901\] (Torrey Bot. Club 20 Jun 1902), p. \[i\]-xv, \[1\]-196, *pl. 1-87* (uncol. draw.). *Copies*: HH, Lloyd, NY. *Other edition: Ed. 2*: 1902 (the Athenaeum Press), p. \[i\]-xv, \[1\]-196, *pl. 1-87* (uncol. draw.). *Copies*: BKL, NY. *Ref*.: Tucker 1: 185, Nissen 450.