> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 773](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33069015) of TL-2 Vol. II > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/5351-1) LSID 5351-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4267467) QID Q4267467 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Lawson, George (1827-1895), Scottish botanist; originally at Edinburgh; moved to Canada 1858; professor of nat. hist. Queen's Univ., Kingston 1858-1863; professor of chemistry at Dalhousie College, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1863-1895. **Abbreviated name**: *G. Laws.* \[standard form in IPNI: *G.Lawson*\] #### Herbarium and types Original herbarium at Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada, containing several, if not all of his types. Some further material at [[Collection E|E]] and [[Collection CAN|CAN]]. *Ref*.: Weatherby, C. A., Fern J. 31(2): 59-62. 1941 (fern types). - Hedge, I. C. and J. M. Lamond, Ind. coll. Edinburgh 101-102. 1970. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 2: 353; BB p. 182; BM 3: 1070; CSP 3: 895-896, 8: 177-178, 10: 532, 12: 433-434, 16: 641; Desmond p. 375; De Toni 1: lxxvii; Hortus 3: 1198 ("Laws., G."); IF suppl. 4: 329; Jackson p. 570; Kew 3: 385; Lenley p. 462; LS 15030; Nordstedt p. 21; PR 5101; Rehder 5: 494; Tucker 1: 415-416. - Anon., Bot. Gaz. 21(1): 42. 1896; Bot. Not. 1896: 44; Garden and Forest 406: 490. 1895; Ottawa Naturalist 7: 180-181. 1893; Canad. bot. Ass. Bull. 2(3): Jun 1969 (George Lawson medal in botany). - Britten, J., J. Bot. 34: 48. 1896. - Bourinot, Proc. Transc. R. Soc. Canada 12: 49-52. 1895 (main bibl.). - G. L. G., Amer. J. Sci. 4(1). 1896 (1 p.). - MacGregor, Proc. Trans. Nova Scotian Inst. Sci. 9: xxiii-xxx. 1898 (portr.). - Mackay, Proc. Trans. R. Soc. Canada ser. 2. 2: B1-6. 1896. - Phillips, V. T. and M. E., Guide mss. Coll. Acad. Phila. p. 164. 1963. - Stanley, G. F. G., Pioneers of Canadian Science p. 54-80 (portr.) (fide Desmond). #### Handwriting Proc. Trans. Nova Scotian Inst. Sci. 9: on portr. facing p. xx. 1898. ### Publications ##### n.4255. The royal water-lily **Title** *The royal water-lily* of South America, and the water-lilies of our own land: their history and cultivation... Edinburgh (James Hogg), London (R. Groombridge & Sons) 1851. **Abbreviated title**: *Roy. water-lily*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1851 (p. iv: Nov 1850), front., p. \[i\*, iii\*\], \[i\]-iv, \[9\]-108, *2 pl. copy*: NY. ##### n.4256. The fern flora of Canada **Title** *The fern flora of Canada*. Descriptions of all the native ferns of the dominion, with location where they grow... Halifax, N. S. (A. & W. Mackinlay,...) s.d. \[1889\]. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Fern fl. Canada*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1889 (copyright), p. \[i\], \[221\]-251, *1 pl*. *Copies*: MO, NY. – Reprinted, with original pagination but with separate t.p. from unidentified journal. – *Preliminary Publ*.: Edinburgh new philos. J. ser. 2. 19: 102-116, 273-289. 1864.