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### Author
Elwes, Henry John (1846-1922), British arboriculturist and plant collector.
**Abbreviated name**: *Elwes* \[standard form in IPNI: *Elwes*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection K|K]].
*Ref*.: IH 2: 182.
#### Bibliography and biography
AG 3: 349; Barnhart 1: 507; BB p. 102-103; BL 2: 218; BM 2: 524, 6: 300; Bossert p. 116; CSP 7: 610, 9: 792, 12: 219, 14: 830; Jackson p. 135; Langman p. 262; MW p. 106; NI 594-595.
- Wittrock, Acta Horti Berg. 3(2): 92. 1903.
- Huxley, Life and letters of Sir J. D. Hooker 2: 532 \[index\]. 1918.
- Balfour, Gard. Chron. ser. 3. 72: 319-320. 1922 (portr.)
- Anon., Science 110: 780-781. 1922.
- Balfour, Gard. chron. ser. 3. 72: 319-320, 334. 1922.
- Loder, Proc. Linn. Soc. 1922/23: 41-43. 1923.
- Vaughan, Bot. Exch. Club. Rep. 6: 699-702. 1923.
- Anon., J. Bot. 61: 30-31. 1923.
- A.H., Proc. Roy. Soc. 95: xlviii-liii. 1924.
- Maxwell, J. Roy. Hort. Soc. 49: 40-46. 1924 (portr.)
- Anon., Lily Year-Book 1932: frontispiece portr.
- Nelmes and Cuthbertson, Curtis Bot. Mag. dedications 198-200. 1932 (portr.)
- Riddelsdell, Fl. Gloucestershire cxlvii. 1948.
- James, The trees of Bicton 108. 1969.
- Coats, The plant hunters 28, 79, 168, 230. 1969.
- Sutton, Charles Sprague Sargent 225-226. 1970.
### Publications
##### n.1664. A mongraph of the genus Lilium
**Title**
*A mongraph of the genus Lilium*. London (Taylor and Francis) \[1877-\] 1880, Fol.
**Abbreviated title**: *Monogr. Lilium*.
**Notes**
|part |*plates* (with text) |dates|
|--- |--- |--- |
|1 |3, 16, 24, 34, 44, 46, 47, 48, phot. |Mar 1877|
|2 |2, 9, 17, 21, 22, 42, 43, 45 |Apr 1877|
|3 |8, 14, 26, 30, 33, 36, 39, 41 |Aug 1877|
|4 |6, 7, 23, 25, 29, 31, 32, 38 |Dec 1877|
|5 |1, 4, 10, 13, 15, 19, 20, 27 |Aug 1878|
|6 |5, 12, 18, 28, 35, 37 \[text in part 3\], 40 |Jan 1879|
|7 |11 \[text in part 5\], title, ded., list of cont., p. \[i\*-vi\*\], \[i\]-xv, map |Mai 1880|
*Copies*: HU, L. – Number of copies printed: 250. The 48 plates were drawn and lithographed by W. H. Fitch. – A. Grove and A. D. Cotton published a supplement \[London 1933-1940, 7 parts. Fol.\] with 30 plates by Lilian Snelling. W. B. Turrill published a further continuation, parts 8-9, with 10 plates by Margaret Stones \[London 1960-1962\].
Forty copies of parts 8 and 9 were issued with handcoloured plates.
*Ref*.: BM 2: 524; GF p. 56; Jackson p. 135; MW p. 106; NI 594; IDC 5920.
- Woodcock and Coutts, Lilies 215-216. 1935 (note by Stearn).
- Woodcock and Stearn, Lilies of the world 397. 1950.
- Earl of Morton, J. Roy. Hort. Soc. 92(7): 218-287. *t. 143, 150-151.* Jul 1967.
- Desmond, Med. biol. III. 19: 255-259. 1969.
##### n.1665. The trees of Great Britain & Ireland
**Title**
*The trees of Great Britain & Ireland*. Edinburgh (privately printed) 1906-1913, 7 vols and ind., Qu.
**Abbreviated title**: *Trees Great Britain*.
**Notes**
|vol. |pages |*plates* |dates |Nat. Nov.|
|--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |
|1 |\[i\], lith. t.p., \[i\]-xvi, \[1\]-200 |1-60 |1906 |Mar 1907|
|2 |\[i\], lith. t.p., \[iii\]-vi, 201-450 |61-125 |1907 |Sep|
|3 |\[i\], lith. t.p., \[iii\]-vi, 451-711 |127-207 |1908 |Apr|
|4 |\[i\], lith. t.p., iii-vii, 713-1000 |208-270 |1909 |Mar|
|5 |\[i\], lith. t.p., iii-viii, 1001-1333 |271-339 |1910 |Aug|
|6 |\[i\], lith. t.p., iii-ix, 1335-1651 |340-371 |1912 |Jan 1913|
|7 |\[i\], lith. t.p., portr., iii-viii, 1653-1933 |372-412 |1913 |Oct|
|Index |\[i\]-xxiv | |1913 |Oct|
*Copies*: MO, NY.
*Ref*.: NI 595.