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### Author
Willmott, Ellen Ann (1858-1934), British horticulturist, had gardens at Warley Place, Essex, Aix-les-Bains and on the Riviera.
**Abbreviated name**: *E. Willm.* \[standard form in IPNI: *E.Willm.*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection K|K]] (Herb. Warleyense), 30 Rosac. in [[Collection BR|BR]]. – Original drawings for *The genus Rosa* are in the Lindley Library (R. Hort. Soc), London. – *Letters* at [[Collection G|G]].
#### Bibliography and biography
AG 3: 510; Backer p. 627; Barnhart 3: 502; Blunt p. 180, 241; BM 8: 1439; Desmond p. 665 (b. 19 Aug 1858, d. 27 Sep 1934); Hortus 3: 1207; Lenley p. 437; NI 2166; Tucker 1: 748, 3: 336.
#### Biofile
- Aitken, J.T., Newsletter Friends Bot. Gard. St. Andrews 18: 7-9. 1984.
- Anderson, A.J., Garden 100(12): 586-587. 1975 (on Warley Place garden).
- Anon., Brit. Mus. gen. cat. print. books 258: 738. 1965; Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1939: 397-398 (obit.); Essex Naturalist 24: 311-312. 1935 (obit.); The Times 28 Sep 1934 (obit.).
- Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. 1sl. 275.86. 1980.
- Buchan, U., Pacific Horticulture 40(3): 12-13. 1979.
- Cardew, F.M.G., J.R. Hort. Soc. 73: 180-182. 1948 (*Rosa*).
- Cotton, A.D., Proc. Linn. Soc. 1934-1935(5): 195-197. 1935 (obit.).
- Cranfield, W.B., Brit. Fern Gaz. 6(11): 273-274. 1934 (obit.).
- Fletcher, H.R., Story R. Hort. Soc. 1804-1968, 562 \[index\]. 1969.
- Hurst, C.C., Nature 134: 726. 1934.
- Jermyn, S.T., Essex Naturalist 31(5): 370-375. 1966 (The gardens at Warley Place).
- Le Lièvre, A., Miss Willmott of Warley Place, London 1980, 240 p. (biogr., portr.); Garden 107: 50-53. 1982 (the Willmott postcards).
- Nelmes, E. & W. Cuthbertson, Curtis's Bot. Mag. dedic. 319-320. 1931 (portr.).
- Pim, Sheila, The wood and the trees, a biography of Augustino Henry, ed. 2, p. 251 \[index\]. 1986.
- Rix, M., The art of the botanist 198, 214, 215. 1981.
- Shenstone, J.C., Essex Naturalist 17: 40-60. 1912.
- Stearn, W.T., R. Hort. Soc, Exhib. mss. books 49-50. 1954; The Garden 104(6): 241-246. 1971 (biogr.).
- Sutton, S.B., Charles Sprague Sargent 231, 232, 289. 1970.
- Tucker, E.M., J. Arnold Arb. 3: 236-237. 1922 (dates genus Rosa).
- Tyrwhitt. J., Garden 106: 474. 1981.
### Publications
##### n.17.875. The genus Rosa
**Title**
*The genus Rosa*... London (John Murray,...) \[1910-\] 1914, 2 vols.
**Abbreviated title**: *Rosa*.
**Notes**
*Authorship*: Latin and English descriptions mostly by John Gilbert Baker (1834-1920) (W.T. Stearn, 1979); the plates are by Alfred William Parsons (1847-1920). – See also E.M. Tucker (1922) and F.M.G. Cardew (1948).
*1*: 15 Sep 1910-14 Aug 1911 (12 parts), p. \[i\]-xvi, i-xxvi, \[1\]-243, *66* col. *pl*.
*2*: 20 Sep 1911-14 Mar 1914 (13 parts), p. \[i-iii\], \[245\]-551, \[552\], *66* col. *pl*., *15* uncol. *pl*.
*Copies*: BR, G, K, MO, NY.
|vol. |part |pages |dates |
|--- |--- |--- |--- |
|1 |1 |i-viii, 1-22 |15 Sep 1910 |
| |2 |23-42 |19 Oct 1910 |
| |3 |43-56, i-xxvi |14 Nov 1910 |
| |4 |57-76 |14 Dec 1911 |
| |5 |77-100 |14 Jan 1911 |
| |6 |101-132 |14 Feb 1911 |
| |7 |133-156 |14 Mar 1911 |
| |8 |157-174 |12 Apr 1911 |
| |9 |175-196 |12 Mai 1911 |
| |10 |197-210 |14 Jun 1911 |
| |11 |211-230 |14 Jul 1911 |
| |12 |231-244 |14 Aug 1911 |
|2 |13 |245-266 |20 Sep 1911|
| |14 |267-280 |13 Oct 1911|
| |15 |281-300 |14 Nov 1911|
| |16 |301-322 |14 Dec 1910|
| |17 |323-340 |15 Jan 1912|
| |18 |341-358 |24 Feb 1912|
| |19 |359-376 |4 Apr 1912|
| |20 |377-396 |7 Jun 1912|
| |21 |397-414 |26 Jun 1912|
| |22 |415-446 |16 Jul 1912|
| |23 |447-466 |19 Sep 1912|
| |24 |467-482 |19 Oct 1912|
| |25 |483-552 |14 Mar 1914|
The dates of publication were given on p. 4 of the wrappers, see e.g. the copies at G and K.