> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 66](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33260054) of TL-2 Suppl. VI > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/2290-1) LSID 2290-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q669028) QID Q669028 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] > [!example] See also [[Douglas, David|first entry]] for this author ### Author \* Douglas, David (1799-1834), Scottish botanist and plant collector, born 25 Jun 1799 at Scone, Perthshire, Scotland, died in the Hawaiian Islands 12 Jul 1834, employed with the Botanic Garden Univ. Glasgow (1820), teacher William Hooker, botanical collector in the U.S.A. for the Horticultural Society of London, traversing 1827 the continent from Vancouver to Hudson Bay, a second visit to Columbia river 1827, went to Hawaiian Islands where he was killed, imported ornamental plants from N. America and China. **Abbreviated name**: *Douglas* \[standard form in IPNI: *Douglas*\] #### Herbarium and types First set N. Amer. pl. at [[Collection K|K]], his own herbarium at [[Collection BM|BM]] and [[Collection CGE|CGE]]. – Further material at [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection G|G]] (incl. [[Collection G|G]]-DC), [[Collection FI|FI]], [[Collection KIEL|KIEL]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection LD|LD]], [[Collection LE|LE]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection OXF|OXF]], [[Collection PH|PH]]. #### Bibliography and biography AG 1: 189, 4: 534; Barnhart 1: 467; BB p. 94; BM 1: 474, 6: 277; Bossert p. 106; Clokie p. 157; CSP 2: 327; Desmond p. 191-192 (further texts); Ewan ed. 1: 197, ed. 2. 61-62; Frank 3(Anh.): 25; Hegi 5(2): 1421, 5(3): 1787; Hortus 3: 1192; IH 2: 167; Jackson p. 116, 126; Kew 2: 115; Langman p. 251; Lasègue p. 193-196; ME 1: 179, 3: 566 (ind.), 729; NAF 28 B(2): 327, ser. 2. 2: 155, ser. 2. 5: 237; PR under 2380, ed. 1: 2698; Rehder 5(index): 234; TL-2/1: 674-675, and see indexes; Tucker 1: 209; Urban-Berl. p. 297, 341; Zander ed. 10, p. 653, ed. 11, p. 743. #### Biofile - Aitken, J.B., J. Scott. Rock Garden Club 12(2): 147-152. 1970. - Alden, R.H. and J.D. Ifft, Occas. Papers Calif. Acad. Sci. 20: 32-37. 1943. - Allan, M., Plants that changed our gardens 44-76. 1974 (ills., portr.). - Anon., Flora 18: 256. 28 Apr 1835; Bot. Zeit. 14: 432. 13 Jun 1856; Naturalists in Glasgow, and David Douglas (1799-1834), Glasgow Nat. 20: 122. 1981. - Baillon, H.E., Dict. Bot. 2: 469. 1884. - Balfour, F.R.S., J. Roy. Hort. Soc. 67: 121-128, 153-162. 1942. - Bentham, G., Trans. hort. Soc. London ser. 2. 1: 403-414. 1831/35. - Beidelman, Horticulture, Boston 47(2): 30-31, 49. 1969 (portr.). - Blankinship, J.W., Montana Agric. coll. Stud. 1(1): 5, 18-19. 1905. - Constance, L., Leafl. W. Bot. 2: 21-22. 1937. - Coats, A.M., The plant hunters 304-314, 387. 1970. - Cooper, N., Gard. Chron. ser. 3. 80: 250-251. 1926. - Davies, J., Douglas of the forests... Edinburgh (Paul Harris Publishing) 1979, 188 p. (ill., maps). - Degener, O. and I. Degener, Phytologia 22(2): 83-84. 1971. - Dickie, F., Trees, sixty years towards the future 50-52. 1982. - Dow, R., Trans. Proc. Perthshire Soc. nat. Sci. 5(2): 55-65. 1910. - Eastwood, A., Quart. Calif. hist. Soc. 18(4): 339-341. 1939. - Evans, E.A.P., Soc. architec. historians 15(1): 20-26. Mar 1956 (D. at Soledad). - Ewan, J., Rhodora 64: 190. 1938; Century of progress in the natural sciences 47. 1955. - Ewan, J. et al., Short hist. bot. U.S. 7, 38, 132, 143. 1969. - G.B., Canadian Naturalist 5: 120-132, 200-208, 267-278, 329-349. 1860. - Geiser, S.W., Naturalists of the Frontier, ed. 2: 16, 66, 68, 273. 1948. - Gilmour, J.S.L. and T.G. Tutin, List more important coll. Univ. Herb. Cambridge p. 9. 1933. - Graustein, J.E., Thomas Nuttall 456 (indexes). 1967. - Guthrie, J.D., Sci. Monthly 23: 81-86. 1927 (portr.). - Hadfield, Miles, Pioneers in Gardening 120-131, 177. 1951. - Hansell, D.E., Garden J. New York Bot. Gard. 2(1): 6-9. 1952 (portr.). - Hansen, A., Bocagiana 51: 5. 1980. - Harris, Condor 43: 19-21. 1941. - Harvey, A.G., Douglas of the fir, Cambridge, Mass. 1947: x, 290 p. (portr., maps, a biography of David Douglas, many book and magazin articles of Harvey, bibliography 261-275). - Hemsley, W.B., Gard. Chron. ser. 3. 57: 75. 1915 (portr.). - Hooker, W.J., Comp. bot. Mag. 1: 17. 1835, 2: 79-192. 1836 (portr., memoir by Hooker, "sketch" by Douglas); Journ. & Misc. 8: 111-112 (monument). Apr 1856. - Howell, J.T., Leafl. W. Bot. 3: 160-162. 1942. - Hughes, K.W., Contr. bibl. Oregon bot., Oregon State Coll. 9, 10. 1940. - Jaeger, E.C., Source book Biol. names terms, ed. 3: 311. 1960. - J.F.I., Nature 95: 311-312. 1915 ("A great plant collector"). - James, The trees of Bicton 107-108. 1969. - Jepson, W.L., Madroño 2: 97-100. 1933 (Douglas in Calif.). - Kastner, J., A world of naturalists 294-296. 1978. - Lamond, J.M., Notes roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 38(2): 258. 1980. - Lemmon, K., Amat. Gard. 99(5147): 67. 1983. - Little, E.L., Phytologia 2: 485-490. 1948. - Lubrecht, H., Early Amer. Bot. Work no. 45. 1967 (on Journal kept by David Douglas, TL-2/no. 1506). - Lyte, C., The plant hunters, London, Orbis 47-61, 183. 1983. - Mabberley, D.J., Jupiter botanicus 273, 315, 388. 1985. - Mears, J.A., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 133: 149. 1981. - Milner, J.D., Cat. portr. Kew 39. 1906. - Morwood, W., Traveler in a vanished landscape, the life and times of David Douglas, New York (Cl.N. Potter) 1973, p. xii, 244 (see also J. Ewan, Plant Sci. Bull. 20(1): 19. 1974). - Murray, G., Hist. Coll. BMNH 1: 145. 1904. - Nelson, E.C., Garden, London 107(11): 454-456. 1982. - Ogilvie, J., Arboricult. J. 4(2): 119-125. 1980, Scott. Forest. 38(2): 106-114. 1984. - Palmer, J.E., Condor 30: 276-277. 1928. - Pennell, F.W. and J.H. Barnhart, Monogr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1: 605. 1935. - Porter, D.M., Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 81: 81-82. 1980. - Rodgers, A.D., John Torrey 39, 58, 60-61, 106, 108, 175-176, 280. 1942; Amer. bot. 1873-1892: 77, 82, 91, 136, 211, 295. 1944. - Sayre, G., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 19(3): 311-312. 2 Mai 1975. - Schilling, T., Garden, London 109(7): 276-280. 1984. - Schofield, E.K., Brittonia 30(3): 404. 1978. - Schorger, A.W., Amer. Forests and Forests Life 32: 262, 264. 1926 (portr.). - Steere, W.C., Bot. Review 43: 290. 1977. - Steinberg, C.H., Webbia 32(1): 23. 1977. - Stoutenberg, A. and L.N. Baker, Wild treasure, the story of David Douglas, New York (Charles Scribner's Sons) 1958, p. viii, 216 p. - Sutton, S.B., Charles Sprague Sargent 86, 87. 1970. - Thomas, J.H., Contr. Dudley Herb. 5: 152-153. 1961; Huntia 3: 9-10. 1969 (portr., prepr.). - Valckenier-Suringar, Jaarb. Ned. Dendrol. Ver. 2: 69-97. 1926 (portr.). - Voss, F.G., Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 13: 61, 74-75. 1978. - Watkins, D., Forest Brit. Timber 7(9): 39. 1978 (portr.). - Wilson, D.D., David Douglas, botanist at Hawaii, Honolulu 1919, 83 p. (portr.,(*copy*: NY)). - Wilson, J.G. and J. Fiske, Appleton's Cyclop. Amer. Biogr. 2: 211. 1888. - Wittrock, V.B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(3): 77-78. 1905. - Young, Bob, Plant detective: David Douglas by Bob and Jan Young, New York (Messner), 189 p., 1966. #### Composite works - (1) Douglas David *in* Hooker, Bot. Mag.: 55: *pl. 2832.* 1 Jun 1828 (*Oenothera lindleyii*), 55: *pl. 2873.* Dec 1828 (*O. viminea*), 56: *pl. 2889.* Feb 1829 (*O. decumbens*). - (2) Douglas, David *in* Lindley, John: 13: *pl. 1119.* 1 Jan 1828 (*O. quadrivulnera*), 19: *pl. 1575.* 1 Apr 1833 (*Clarkia elegans*). #### Note A correction must be given to the "Handwriting" mentioned in TL-2/1 on p. 675. It was discovered by A. Farjon that the handwritten slip accompanying the portrait of David Douglas is of J.D. Hooker and not of David Douglas himself. ### Publications ##### n.31.373. Calochortus **Title** An account of the species of *Calochortus*: a genus of American plants... London (Printed by W. Nicol) 1828. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1828, p. \[1\]-8, *pl. 8* (col.), *9* (uncol. lith.). *Copies*: G, MO, NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 275-280, *pl. 8-9.* 1828.