> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 73](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33259119) of TL-2 Suppl. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/1998-1) LSID 1998-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8007604) QID Q8007604 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] > [!example] See also [[Darlington, William|first entry]] for this author ### Author \* Darlington, William (1782-1863), American botanist, "Nestor" of American botany, born at Dilworthtown, Chester County, Pennsylvania, 28 Apr 1782, apprentice to John Vaughan, M.D. and followed Benjamin Barton's lectures at Univ. Penns., M.D. 1804, practicing medicine with botany "always dominant in his life" (Ewan), LL.D. Univ. Yale 1848 and D.Sc. at Dickinson College Sc.D. 1856, died West Chester, Pa. 23 Apr 1863. **Abbreviated name**: *Darl.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Darl.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection DWC|DWC]], for further details see TL-2/1: 598, [[Collection FI|FI]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection P|P]], [[Collection P|P]]-Du, [[Collection PH|PH]], [[Collection US|US]], [[Collection WECO|WECO]]. Mss., corresp. [[Collection DWC|DWC]] and [[Collection NY|NY]] Hist. Soc. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 419 (b. 28 Apr 1782, Birmingham, Pa., d. 23 Apr 1863, W.Chester, Pa.); BL 1: 210; BM 1: 421, 6: 252; Bossert p. 93; Clokie p. 154; CSP 2: 152, 6: 632, 12: 184; DAB p. 540; DSB 3: 562-563 (by J. Ewan); IH 2: 152; Jackson p. 537 (index); Lasègue p. 317; Lenley p. 451-452; LS 6647-6648; ME 1: 177, 3: 561; PR 2048-2054, ed. 1 2141-2144; Rehder 1: 313; TL-2/1: 598-600 and see indexes; Tucker 2: 9, 186-187. #### Biofile - Anon., Flora 46(72): 511. 24 Nov 1863 (D. d. 23 Apr 1863); Gardeners Monthly (Meehan) 5: 157, 168, 182-183, 209. 1893 (portr.); Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 6(8): 49-50. Aug 1875; Bot. Gaz. 5(8/9): 90. Aug-Sep 1880 (notes on D.). - Baillon, H.E., Dict. bot. 2: 355. 1883. - Barnhart, J.H., Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 16: 291-292. 1921 (corr. Schweinitz-Torrey); Torreya 9(12): 250. 1909. - Berkeley, E. and D. Smith Berkeley, A Yankee botanist in the Carolinas 240 (index). 1986. - Chester County, Pa. historical society, in memory of William Darlington, in Program West Chester 1913. 8 p. and Exercises in memory of... W. Darlington at Marshallton: Pa. 27 Sep 1913, West Chester 1913, 34 p. - Ewan, J., J. Soc. bibl. nat. hist. 3: 263-269. 1957; Introd. facs. ed. Mem. John Bartram v-vii. 1967. - Ewan et al., Short hist. bot. U.S. 33, 38, 40. 1969. - Gordon, R.B., The "Darlington Herbarium" at West Chester, Bartonia 22: 6-9. 1943. - Graustein, J.E., Thomas Nuttall 464 (index). 1967 (detailed mentioned history of items of W. Darlington). - Gray, A., Amer. J. Sci. Arts ser. 2. 36: 132-139. 1863 (Flora 56: 511. 24 Nov 1863). - Hedrick, U.P., Hist. hort. Amer. New York 86, 409-410, 415-416, 417, 503. 1950. - Harshberger, J.W.C., The botanists of Philadelphia and their work 9, 134-143, 168, 443. 1899 (portr.). - Humphrey, H.B., Makers North American Botany 67-68. 1961. - James, T.P., An obituary notice of Dr. William Darlington 19 Feb 1864, 12 p., Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 9: 330-343. 1863/64. - Kelly, H.A, Some American medical botanists, p. 112-117. 1929. - Kelly, H.A. and W.L. Burrage, Amer. med. biogr. 283-284. 1920. - Lansing, D.I., The Dr. Wm. Darlington Commem. progr. addr. Chester County medical Society, West Chester, PA. 1965, 28 p. (portr.), The medical reporter Oct 1854; That magnificient cestrian Dr. William Darlington 1782-1863, being a short biogr., Serpentine Press, Paoli, Pa. 19301, 1985 (xi, 87 p.); see also Taxon 35: 634. 1986. - Leroy, J.F. et al., Bot. franç. Amér. nord 270, 271, 273. 1957. - Li, H.-L. and Stanley, A.T., Morris Arbor. Bull. 26: 49-56. (Russ.-United States bot. exch. in 1841). - Mears, J.A, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 133: 148. 1981 (D. material at PH). - Milner, J.D., Cat. portr. Kew 33. 1908 (2 portr. mentioned). - Overlease, W.R., Bartonia 52: 58-59. 1986. - Overlease, W.R. and D. Rofini, Bartonia 53: 24-33. 1987 (Rafinesque's specimens in the Darlington Herbarium of West Chester Univ.). - Pennnell, F.W., Bartonia 21: 48-50. 1942. - Rodgers, A.D., John Torrey 339. 1942 (12 issues). - Rudolph, E.D., Arch. nat. Hist. 10(3): 463. 1982. - Schmid, G., Goethe u. d. Naturwissenschaften 262. 1900. - Sharpless, W.T., Bartonia 14: 1-13. 1932. - Smith, Lady, Mem. corr. Sir James E. Smith 1: \[handwriting of name\]. 1832. - Stieber, M.T. et al., Huntia 4(1): 78. 1981. - Stuckey, R.L., Trans. Stud. Coll. Physicians Philadelphia ser. 5. 5(3): 213-243. 1983 (on D. at Western Amer. frontier). - W.T. \[Washington Townsend\], Memorial of William Darlington, M.D., West Chester (E.F. James, Book and Job printer) 1863. 32 p. *Copy*: MO. - Wittrock, V.B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(3): 193. 1903. #### Handwriting See C.H. Steinberg, Webbia 32(1): 22 (no. 47). 1977. #### Outside our scope - (1) \[dissertation of W. Darlington, medical, no botany\]: A *dissertation of the mutual influence of habits and disease*... Philadelphia (printed for the author) 1804, p. \[1\]-35. *Copy*: MO. - (2) *Sertum Cestricum* III. *Catalogue of medicinal plants indigenous to Chester County*, Pennsylvania... Reprinted from the Medical Reporter, a publication of the Chester County medical Society, October 1854, Anro Press, Devon, Penn. 1972. *Copy*: MO. - (3) Hush, E. Stone, A *flora* of *Chester County* Pennsylvania with especial references to the *Flora cestrica* \[TL-2/1: 1310\]... Philadelphia (Academy of Natural Sciences 1945, 2 vols. 1470 p.). *Copy*: MO. ### Publications ##### n.29.049. essay **Title** An *essay* on the development and modifications of the external *organs of plants*. Compiled chiefly from the writings of J. Wolfgang von Goethe, for a public lecture to the Class of the Chester County Cabinet of natural science. March 1. 1839... West Chester, Penn. 1839. Duod. **Abbreviated title**: *Essay organs pl.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1839 (read 1 Mar 1839), p. \[1\]-38. *Copies*: HH, MO (autographs), NY. – See PR 2049, ed. 1: no. 2143. ##### n.29.050. discourse on **Title** A *discourse on* the character, properties and importance to man of the natural family of plants called *Gramineae*, or true grasses. Delivered as a lecture before the Class of the Chester County Cabinet of natural science Feb. 19. 1841... West-Chester, Penn. 1841. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Discourse Gram.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1841 (read 19 Feb 1841), p. \[1\]-22. *Copies*: G, HH, MO. – See PR 2050. ##### n.29.051. plea **Title** A *plea* for a *National Museum* and *Botanic Garden*; to be founded by The Smithsonian Institution at the City of Washington... West-Chester, Penn. 1841. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Plea Natl. Mus.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1841 (read 3 Dec 1841), p. \[1\]-12. *Copies*: HH, MO. – See PR 2052, Rehder 1: 38. ##### n.29.052. lecture **Title** A *lecture* on the *study* of *botany*. Read before the Ladies' Botanical Society at Wilmington, Delaware, March 2, 1844... Printed by request of the \[Ladies Botanical\] Society. 1844. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1844 (read 2 Mar 1844), p. \[1\]-24. *Copies*: BM, MO, NY. ##### n.29.053. Agricultural botany **Title** *Agricultural botany*: an enumeration and description of useful plants and weeds, which merit the notice, or require the attention, of American agriculturists... Philadelphia (J.W. Moore,...) New York (Mark, H. Newman & Co.,...) 1847. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Agric. bot.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1847 (p. VIII signed West Chester, Penn., Jun 1847), p. \[i\]-lviii, \[1\]-270. *Copies*: BM, G, HH, L. – See PR 2053. *Note* (1): Later editions as "*American weeds and useful plants*" 1859-\[x\]. See below (1859...). *Note* (2): The printing was of half sheets and full sheets, i.e. 8 or 16 p. *Revised* \[with addition by George Thurber (1821-1890) (see TL-2/6: 334-335) i.e. *ed. 2*\]. *Ref*.: Anon., Hooker's London Journ. Bot. 7: 53-54. 1848 (rev.). ##### n.29.054. American weeds **Title** *American weeds* and useful plants: being a second and illustrated edition of Agricultural Botany: an enumeration and description of useful plants and weeds, which merit the notice, or require the attention of American agriculturists... Revised, whith additions by Georg Thurber... New York (A.O. Moore & Company) 1859. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Amer. weeds*. **Notes** *Revisor*: George Thurber (1821-1890), see TL-2/6: 334. *Revision text*: *Agricultural botany*, 1847 (see above). *Publ*.: 1859 (Preface 31 Jan 1859), p. \[i\]-xvi, 1-460, \[i-iv advert\]. *Copies*: G, HH, MO, NY. *Other editions*: \[1859\], New York (Orange Judd & Company...), same pagination. *Copy*: NY. 1863, New York (C.M. Saxton, publisher...), San Francisco (H.H. Bancroft & Co.), same pagination. *Copy*: NY. 1865, New York (Orange Judd, publisher...), same pagination. *Copies*: MO, NY.