> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 450](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33068692) of TL-2 Vol. II > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/4518-1) LSID 4518-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3101670) QID Q3101670 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Johnston, George (1797-1855), British physician and naturalist; MD Edinburgh 1819; surgeon at Berwick from 1819. **Abbreviated name**: *G. Johnst.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Johnst.*\] #### Herbarium formerly at [[Collection KSO|KSO]]; present location unknown. Material at [[Collection CGE|CGE]] (Fungi), [[Collection E|E]] (full set (?) of the Berwick herbarium), and [[Collection K|K]]. – Letters at [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection LINN|LINN]]. *Ref*.: Kent, D. H., Brit. herb. 62. 1957. - Hedge, J. C. and J. M. Lamond, Ind. coll. Edinburgh 95. 1970. #### Bibliography and biography Andrews p. 282; Barnhart 2: 259; BB p. 168; BL 2: 261, 298, 673; BM 2: 937-938; Bossert p. 199; CSP 3: 560-562, 8; 30, 10: 344, 12: 370; Desmond p. 347; DNB 30: 61; IH 2: 325; Jackson p. 564; Kew 3: 179; LS 13254a; NI 999-1001; PR 4458-4459 (ed. 1: 4922-4923); Rehder 1: 397, 400; Stevenson p. 1246; Tucker 1: 373. - Anon., Bot. Zeit. 13: 831-832. 1855. - Hardy, J., ed., Selections from the correspondence of Dr. George Johnston. Edinburgh, 1892, xxxv, 547 p. - Milner, J. D., Cat. Portr. Kew 66-67. 1906. - Hawksworth, D. L. & M. R. D. Seaward, Lichenol. Brit. Isl. 14, 15, 103. 1977. - T. R., Gard. Chron. 1855: 597. #### Composite works Edited: *Magazine of Zoology and Botany*, vols. 1, 2, ctd. as *Annals of natural history* 1-5, ctd. as *Annals Mag. nat. Hist.* vol. 6 – ser. 2, vol. 15, 1837-1855. Contributed to: Sowerby, J., and Smith, J. E., *Engl. bot.* 2776, 2866. ### Publications ##### n.3377. A flora of Berwick-upon- Tweed **Title** *A flora of Berwick-upon- Tweed*... Edinburgh (J. Carfrae & Son), London (Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green) 1829-1831, 2 vols. Duod. **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. Berwick-upon- Tweed*. **Notes** *1*: 1829, p. \[i\]-xxiv, \[1\]-242, *pl. 1-2.* *2*: 1831, p. \[i-iii\], \[1\]-335, *pl.- 3-8* (no. *5* sometimes lacking). *Copies*: G, MO, NY, US. ##### n.3378. The botany of the eastern borders **Title** *The botany of the eastern borders*, with the popular names and uses of the plants, and of the customs and beliefs which have been associated with them... London (John van Voorst) 1853. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Bot. east bord.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1853 (p. \[v\]: 25 Jun 1853), front., p. \[i\]-xii, \[1\]-336, *pl. 1-13* (no. *9* col; others uncol.). *Copies*: G, MO, NY. – Second t.p.: "*Terra Lindisfarnensis*. The natural history of the Eastern Borders,... vol. I. The botany..." See BL 2: 298 for notes.