> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 176](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33355263) of TL-2 Vol. III > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/5784-1) LSID 5784-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5343850) QID Q5343850 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Lowe, Edward Joseph (1825-1900), British botanist and meteorologist of independent means at Shirenewton Hall, near Chepstow; "passionately devoted to raising varieties of ferns from spores", prolific author during the Victorian fern craze. **Abbreviated name**: *E. J. Lowe* \[standard form in IPNI: *E.J.Lowe*\] #### Herbarium and types Unknown. Some material at [[Collection E|E]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 2: 406; BB p. 193-194; BM 3: 1184-1185; CSP 4: 95-96, 8: 266, 10: 640, 12: 460, 16: 886-887; Desmond p. 396; IF p. 715, suppl. 4: 329; IH 2: 464; Jackson p. 575; Kew 3: 510; LS 15923; MW p 285-286; NI 1243-1248; Plesch p. 318-319; PH 567; PR 5640-5644; Rehder 5: 524; Sotheby no. 483; Zander ed. 10, p. 687, ed. 11, p. 783. - Allen, D. E., The Victorian fern craze 81 \[index\]. 1969. - Anon., Bot. Not. 1901: 114 (b. 11 Nov 1825); Gard. Chron. 1871: 803. (portr.); 61: 498-499. 1900 (obit., d. 10 Mar 1900); Nat. Nov. 22: 224. 1900 (d.); Proc. Linn. Soc. London 112: 74-75. 1900. - Braunstorff, O. v., Some account of the family of Lowe. Dresden. 1896 (n. v.) - Britten, J., J. Bot. 38: 152. 1900. - Desmond, R., Festschrift Claus Nissen 93, 118-122. 1973 (on the printer and engraver of several of Lowe's books: Benjamin Faweett, 1808-1893). - Hedge, I. C. & J. M. Lamond, Index coll. Edinb. herb. 104. 1970 (coll. E). - Kneucker, A., Allg. Bot. Z. 6: 124. 1900 (d.). - Lawrence, G. H. M., Huntia 1: 164. 1964 (letters at HU). - Lovis, J. D., Brit. Fern Gaz. 9(8): 301-308. 1967 (on L's work as a fern hybridiser). - Lowe, E. J., Fern growing/fifty years experience in crossing and cultivation/with a list of the most important varieties and a history of the discovery of multiple parentage. 1895 (on L's own work as a fern hybridizer; autobiogr., portr.). - M.T.M. & W.N.S., Proc. Roy. Soc. London 75: 101-103. 1905. - Phillips, C. R. (née Lowe), Brit. Pterid. Soc. Bull. 1(6): 258-261. 1978 (b. 11 Nov 1825; portr.). - Phillips, E. J., Brit. Pteridol. Soc. Bull. 1(6): 258-261. 1978 (portr.). ### Publications ##### n.5040. Ferns **Title** *Ferns*: British and exotic... London (Groombridge and Sons) 1856-1860. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Ferns*. **Notes** *1*: 1855-1856 (p. x: 15 Mai 1855, p. \[1\*\], \[i\]-x, \[1\]-160, \[1, err.\], *pl. 1-50.* *2*: 1858, p. \[i-v\], \[1\]-162, err. slip, *pl. 1-66.* *3*: 1857, p. \[i-vii\], \[1\]-142, err. slip, *pl. 1-50*, (other NY copy has p. \[i, iii\], \[1\]-134, *pl. 1-5*). *4*: 1859 (Lit. Gaz. 8 Jan 1859), p. \[i-v\], \[1\]-174, err. slip, *pl. 1-64.* *5*: 1858, p. \[i-v\], \[1\]-168, *pl. 1-56.* *6*: 1857, p. \[i-v\], \[1\]-136, \[1-2\], *pl. 1-50.* *7*: 1859, p. \[i, iii\], \[1\]-183, *pl. 1-66.* *8*: 1860, p. \[i, iii\], \[1\]-260, \[1-2 err.\], *pl. 1-77.* *Copies*: MO, NY (in part later issues), US; IDC 7214 (re-issue). *Plates*: col., drawn by Alexander Francis Lydon (1836-1917), printed by B. Fawcett. *Note*: publ. in 120 parts, BM copy stamped 1 Jun 1855-22 Oct 1860. See Desmond (1973). *Re-issues*: Groombridge & Sons (except for minor details same collation as above) (see also Desmond 1973): *1*: 1861 (NY), 1864 *2*: 1862 (NY), 1864 *3*: 1863, 1864 *4*: 1863 (NY), 1864 *5*: 1864 *6*: 1862 (NY), 1864 *7*: 1864 *8*: 1864 *Re-issue*: George Bell and Sons, London, vols. 1-8. 1872 (except for minor details collation as above). *Copies*: NY, U, USDA. ##### n.5041. A natural history of british grasses **Title** *A natural history of british grasses*... with coloured illustrations. London (Groombridge and Sons,...) 1857-1858. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Nat. hist. brit. grass.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Apr 1857-1858 (in 19 parts of which the contents are not known to us; BM copy stamped 2 Apr 1875-13 Sep 1858, Desmond 1973), p. \[i-vi\], \[1\]-245, *pl. 1-74* (col.; by A. F. Lydon, printed by B. Faweet). *Copies*: MO, NY. *Reissue*: 1862, front., p. \[i\]-vi\], \[1\]-245, *pl. 1-74* (col.). *Copy*: US. *Reissue*: 1868, p. \[i\]-vi, \[1\]-245, *pl. 1-74* (col.). *Copy*: USDA. *Other reissues*: 1865, 1871 (at HH), 1864, 1891 (Desmond). ##### n.5042. Beautiful leaved plants **Title** *Beautiful leaved plants*; being a desciption of the most beautiful leaved plants in cultivation in this country; to which is added an extended catalogue... London (Groombridge and Sons,...) 1861. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Beaut, leaved pl.* **Notes** *Co-author*: W. Howard. *Publ*.: \[1850\]-1861 (in 20 parts; BM copy stamped 2 Mar 1859-16 Mai 1861, Desmond 1973) p. \[i\*-vi\*\], \[i\]-ii, \[1\]-144, *pl. 1-60* (col.; drawn by A. F. Lydon). *Copies*: MO, NY. US. *Re-issues*: \[1861-\]1864, mentioned by PR 5642 and Desmond (1973); other re-issues 1865, 1868, 1872 (*copies*: G, MO, 1891 see Desmond. *French transl*.: by J. Rothschild, Paris 1865, *Les plantes à feuillage coloré*, 2 vols., *Copy*: FI, *ed. 2.* With introduction by C. Naudin, 1867-1869, 2 vols. See under Rothschild. ##### n.5043. A natural history of new and rare ferns **Title** *A natural history of new and rare ferns*: containing species and varieties, none of which are in any of the eight volumes of "Ferns, british and exotic", amongst which are the new Hymenophyllums and Trichomanes... London (Groombridge and Sons,...) 1862. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Nat. hist, ferns*. **Notes** *Ed*. \[*1*\]: 1860-1862 (p. viii: 27 Mai 1862; in 18 parts, BM copy stamped 8 Aug 1860-4 Aug 1862, see Desmond, 1973), p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-192, err. slip, *pl. 1-72* (col.; drawn by A. F. Lydon) *Copies*: NY, U, US; IDC 7215. *Re-issue*: 1864, p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-192, *pl. 1-72* (col.). *Copy*: NY. *Re-issue*: 1865, p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-192, *pl. 1-72* (col.). *Copies*: MO, NY. *Re-issue*: 1868, p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-192, *pl. 1-72* (col.). *Copies*: NY; IDC 7215. *Re-issue*: 1871, p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-192, *pl. 1-72* (col.). *Copies*: NY, USDA. ##### n.5044. Our native ferns **Title** *Our native ferns*; or a history of the british species and their varieties... London (Groombridge & Sons,...) 1867-1869. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Nat. ferns.* **Notes** *1*: \[1865-\]1867, p. \[i\]-vii, \[1\]-348, *pl. 1\*, 1-33, 33\*, 33\*\*, 34* (col.). *2*: 1869, p. \[i\]-vii, \[1\]-492, *pl. 35-76* (col.). *Copies*: NY, USDA; IDC 7216. – NI mentions re-issues of 1874-1876 and 1880, Desmond 1883, 1884. – See Desmond (1973) for further details: we apparently failed to locate a copy with 1865 (vol. 1) and 1867 (vol. 2) imprints. A copy of the 1874-1880 re-issue is at FI.