> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 228](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33260216) of TL-2 Suppl. VI > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/2432-1) LSID 2432-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5649235) QID Q5649235 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Dykes, William Rickatson (1877-1925), British schoolmaster and botanist, born 4 Nov 1877, educated at the City of London School, went to Wadham College, Oxford, B.A. 1900, at the Sorbonne in Paris for a year, received the L.-ès-Lettres, modern languages, master at Charterhouse School 1903-1919, secretary Roy. Hort. Soc. 1920-1925, worked on Iris and Tulipa, died 1 Dec 1925 as a result of a motor accident, recieved a week before his death the Victoria Medal of Honour of the Royal Horticultural Society. **Abbreviated name**: *Dykes* \[standard form in IPNI: *Dykes*\] #### Herbarium and types Unknown. #### Biography and bibliography Barnhart 1: 489; BB p. 99; Desmond p. 202; Futak-Domin p. 191; Hortus 3: 1192; Kew 2: 159-160; NI no. 574; Plesch p. 216; Zander ed. 10, p. 655, ed. 11, p. 745. #### Biofile - Anon., Nature 116: 908-909. 1925; Report. Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isl. 1925: 846; Gard. Chron. ser. 3. 78: 457. 1925 (portr.), 93: 394. 1933; Kew Bull. 1925(10): 440. 22 Dec (d. 1 Dec); J. Bot. 64: 23-24. Jan 1926; The debate about Dykes, Brit. Iris Soc. Newsl. 54: 9. 1973. - Armistead, E., Brit. Iris Soc. Newsl. 61: 4-7. 1975. - Cassidy, G.E., Aril Soc. Intern. Yearb. 1978: 26-44 (portr.). - Elliott, B., For love of the Iris, Garden (London) 117(8): 357-359. 1972 (portr.). - Fletcher, H.R., The Story of the Royal Horticultural Society 1804-1968: p. 307, 313-314, 320, 398. 1969. - Rix, M., The art of the botanist 195, 214, 216. 1981. - Stearn, W.T., Roy. Hort. Soc., Exhib. manuscr. book p. 49. 1954. #### Note There exists a book entitled: "*Dykes on Irises*" being a reprint of the contributions of the late W.R. Dykes, L.-ès-L., to various journals and periodicals during the last 20 years of his life. Compiled and edited by George Dillistone-Tunbridge Wells (printed and published for the Iris Society by C. Baldwin...) undated, p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-294, frontisp. and 18 uncol. phot. *Copies*: G, NY. ### Publications ##### n.32.314. genus Iris **Title** The *genus Iris*... Cambridge (At the University Press) 1912. Fol. **Abbreviated title**: *Genus Iris*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 19 Dec 1912 (info by W.T. Stearn, though t.p. reads 1913, preface signed Nov 1912, Nat. Nov. Dec (2) 1912, ÖBZ 63(Lit.): 99. 1 Feb 1913, Bot. Centralbl. 124(3): 42. 25 Feb 1913), p. \[i-viii\], \[1\]-245, *pl. 1-48* (col.). *Copies*: B, BR, G, HH, NY, U. *Ref*.: Britten, J., J. Bot. 51: 103-109. Mar 1913 (rev.). - Vaupel, F.K.J., Bot. Jahrb. 49(lit.): 42. 17 Jun 1913 (rev.). - *Note*: In 1974 a reprint edition of this book was published, in which the text and plates are shown 20 percent smaller than in the original work, by Dover Publications Inc. (New York), ISBN 0-486-23037-6. ##### n.32.315. handbook **Title** A *handbook* of *Garden Irises*... London (Martin Hopkinson & Company Ltd....) 1924. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Handb. Gard. Iris.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Mai 1924 (info by W.T. Stearn), p. \[i\], frontisp., \[iii\]-vii, \[ix\], \[xi\], \[1\]-250, *pl. 1-24 *(uncol. phot. of draw.). *Copies*: B, BR, L, NY. ##### n.32.316. Notes **Title** *Notes* on *tulip species*... London (Herbert Jenkins limited...) \[1930\]. Fol. **Abbreviated title**: *Not. tulip sp.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1930, p. \[1\]-108, *pl. 1-54* (col.). *Copies*: B, BR, G, HH, MO, NY, U. *Note*: This book was edited and illustrated by Elsie Katherine Dykes (née Kaye), wife of W.R. Dykes using his card index and note-books. The introduction is by Sir Alfred Daniel Hall. *Ref*.: Wangerin, W., Just's Bot. Jahresber. 58(1): 256-257 (1930). 1938. - Anon., J. New York Bot. Gard. 34(400): 96. Apr 1933.