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### Author
Twining, Elizabeth (1805-1889), British philanthropist, educator and botanist.
**Abbreviated name**: *E. Twining* \[standard form in IPNI: *Twining*\]
#### Herbarium and types
Unknown. – Plant drawings at [[Collection BM|BM]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 3: 411 (d. 24 Dec 1889); BB p. 308; BM 5: 2157; CSP 6: 74; Desmond p. 625; DNB 19: 1315 (57: 388); GF p. 68; Jackson p. 18, 42, 46, 60; Plesch p. 444; PR 9591; Rehder 1: 269; Sotheby 780.
#### Biofile
- Allibone, S.A., Crit. dict. Engl. lit. 3: 2486-2487. 1880.
- Anon., Brit. Mus. gen. cat. print. books 242: 831-832. 1964.
- Boase, F., Modern Engl. biogr. 3: 1056. 1965.
- Bridson, G.D.R., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 229.461. 1980.
- Freeman, R.B., Brit. nat. hist. books 348. 1980.
- Stageman, P., Garden 108: 115-117. 1983 (biogr. sketch, portr., on pl. *Ill. nat. ord. pl.*).
- Twining, S.H., Two hundred and twenty-five years in the Strand 1706-1931, 33. 1931.
### Publications
##### n.15.410. Illustrations of the natural orders of plants
**Title**
*Illustrations of the natural orders of plants* arranged in groups; with descriptions. London (\[vol. 1: Joseph Cundall, \[vol. 2:\] Day & Son) 1849-1855, 2 vols. Fol.
**Abbreviated title**: *Ill. nat. ord. pl.*
**Notes**
*Ed. 1*: 1849-1850 (Bot. Zeit. 5 Jul 1850 "part 1 with four coloured plates"). *Copy*: NY. 1: 1849 (p. iii: Jul 1849), p. \[i-iv\], *pl. 1-80* (col. liths. auth.).
*2*: 1855, p. \[i\], *pl. 81-160.*
*Ed. 2*: 1868 (Bot. Zeit. 16 Apr 1869), *Illustrations of the natural orders of plants* with groups and descriptions... reduced from the original folio editon... London (Sampson Low, Son and Marston,...) 1868, 2 vols. *Copies*: HH, HU, MO, USDA.
*1*: \[i\*-iii\*\], \[i\]-xii, *pl. 1-80* (col. liths. auth.) with descr. \[1-160\].
*2*: \[i-viii\], *pl. 81-160*, with text \[1-160\], p. \[161\]-172, index.
##### n.15.411. Short lectures on plants
**Title**
*Short lectures on plants* for schools and adult classes... London (David Nutt,...) 1858. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Short led. pl.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1858 (p. xii: 24 Jun 1858), p. \[i\]-xii, \[1\]-369. *Copy*: NY.
##### n.15.412. The plant world
**Title**
*The plant world*... London (T. Nelson and Sons,...) 1866. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Pl. world*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1866, lith. cov., p. \[i\]-vi, \[vii\], \[9\]-414, *4 pl. Copies*: LC, NY.