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### 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.