> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 673](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33120804) of TL-2 Vol. I > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/2275-1) LSID 2275-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1466901) QID Q1466901 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Donn, James (1758-1813), British gardener. **Abbreviated name**: *Donn* \[standard form in IPNI: *Donn*\] #### Herbarium and types James Donn is not known to have had a herbarium of his own. His (only) publication was a garden catalogue. The Lindley herbarium (at [[Collection CGE|CGE]]) contains a few plants collected by Donn, and so does the Liverpool ([[Collection LIV|LIV]]) herbarium. *Ref*.: IH 2: 166. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 464; BB p. 93; BM 1: 472, 6: 276; Dawson p. 271; DNB 15: 222; Henrey 646-658; Jackson p. 409; Langman p. 250; MW p. 99; PR 2374. - Britten, J. Bot. 52: 319. 1914. ### Publications ##### n.1505. Hortus cantabrigiensis **Title** *Hortus cantabrigiensis*: or a catalogue of plants indigenous and foreign, cultivated in the Walkerian botanic garden, Cambridge. Cambridge (John Burges) 1796. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Hortus cantabrig.* **Notes** *Ed. 1*: Jan-Jul 1796, p. \[iv\], ii, 117 \[i.e. 115\], \[11\], fide Henrey 646. *Ed. 2*: Cambridge (John Burges), Apr-Mai 1800, p. \[iv\], ii, \[ii\], 133, \[17\], fide Henrey 647. *Ed. 3*: Apr 1804, Cambridge (University Press) 1804, Oct (in fours), p. \[i\*-iii\*\], \[i\]-ii, \[1\]-210. *Copies*: CGE, FAS. – "Hortus... indigenous and exotic cultivated in the Cambridge Botanic Garden...." *Ed. 4*: 1807, Cambridge (M.Watson) 1807, Oct. (in fours), p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-248. *Copies*: MO, NY. – "Hortus... plants, indigenous and exotic." *Ed. 5*: 1809, Cambridge (M. Watson) 1809, Oct. (in fours), p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-266. *Copy*: MO. (Title as ed. 4). *Ed. 6*: 1811, Cambridge (W. Metcalfe) 1811, Oct. (in fours), p. \[i-vii\], \[1\]-292. *Copies*: MO, NY. (Title as ed. 4). *Ed*. 7: 1812, Cambridge (W. Metcalfe) 1812, Oct. (in fours), p. \[i\]-vi, \[vii-viii, pref.\], \[1\]-308. *Copy*: NY. (Title as ed. 4). *Ed. 8*: Mar(?) 1815, London (Richard and Arthur Taylor) 1815, Oct. (in fours), p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-355. *Copy*: NY. – "Hortus cantabrigiensis; or, an accented catalogue of plants, indigenous and exotic. By the late James Donn... Eighth edition, corrected, and augmented, with references to figures, by Frederick Pursh, author of "The flora of North America." \[Frederick Traugott Pursh (Pursh), 1774-1820\]. *Ed. 9*: 1819, London (F. C. and J. Rivington et al.) 1819, Oct., p. \[i-iii\], \[1\]-355. *Copies*: MO, NY. – "Hortus... exotic, cultivated in the Cambridge Botanic Garden by the late James Donn,... Ninth edition, improved and augmented, with references to figures of plants by Frederick Pursh...." *Ed. 10*: March 1823, London (C. and J. Rivington et al.) 1823, Oct. (in fours), (p. vii: 8 Mar 1823), p. \[i\]-vii, \[viii, abbr.\], \[1\]-397. *Copies*: NY, U. – "Hortus cantabrigiensis; or an accented catalogue of indigenous and exotic plants cultivated in the Cambridge botanic garden. By the late James Donn..., improved... Pursh... Tenth edition, with numerous additions and corrections by John Lindley, F.L.S. &c." \[John Lindley, 1799-1865\]. *Ed. 11*: London (C. and J. Rivington et al.) 1826, Oct. (in fours), p. \[i\]-vii, \[viii\], \[1\]-415 (p. vii: 1 Dec 1825). *Copies*: MO, NY. (Tide as ed. 10). *Ed. 12*: Sep-Dec 1831 (p. vii: 15 Aug 1831), London (C.J. G. and F. Rivington et al.) 1831, Oct. (in fours), p. \[i\]-vii, \[viii, abbr.\], \[1\]-543. *Copies*: MO, NY, US. – "Hortus ... James Donn,... twelfth edition with numerous additions and corrections by George Sinclair F.L.S. & H.S." \[George Sinclair, 1786-1834\]. *Ed. 13*: London (Longman and Co. et al.) 1845, Oct., p. \[iii\]-xii, \[1, h.t.\], \[1\]-772. – *Copy*: M. "Hortus cantabrigiensis; or an accented catalogue of indigenous and exotic plants cultivated in the Cambridge Botanic Garden. By the late James Donn... with the additions and improvements of the successive editions: F. Pursh, author of the "Flora Americae septentrionalis"; J. Lindley... and the late G. Sinclair... The thirteenth edition, now further enlarged, and brought down to the present time by P. N. Don." *Ref*.: BM 1: 472, 6: 276; Henrey 646-658; Jackson p. 409; Plesch p. 206; PR 2374; P&W p. 168; IDC 5527. 8029 (ed. 1). - Sherborn, J. Soc. Bibl. nat. Hist. 1: 142. 1938. - Merrill and Hu, Bartonia 25: 9-11. 1949.