> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 740](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33355827) of TL-2 Vol. III > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/24052-1) LSID 24052-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5542889) QID Q5542889 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Nicholson, George (1847-1908), British gardener at Kew 1873-1886, curator id. 1886-1901; Veitch medal R. H. S. 1894. **Abbreviated name**: *G. Nichols.* \[standard form in IPNI: *G.Nicholson*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection ABD|ABD]]; in part also at [[Collection WIR|WIR]] (in herb. J. Carey); other material at [[Collection A|A]], [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection CGE|CGE]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection E|E]]-GL, [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection LIV|LIV]], [[Collection OXF|OXF]], [[Collection P|P]]. #### Bibliography and biography AG 6(1): 343; Baeker p. 395; Barnhart 3: 2; BB p. 229; BL 2: 269, 695; BM 3: 1430; Bossert p. 286; Clokie p. 217; CSP 10: 521, 12: 538, 17: 515-516; DNB suppl. 2. 3: 12-13; Hortus 3: 1200 ("Nichols."); IH 2: (in press); Kew 4: 142; Langman p. 540; Lenley p. 314; Morrened. 10, p. 70; MW p. 354-355; Plesch P. 348; Rehder 5: 618-619; Tucker 1: 518; Zander ed. 10, p. 697, ed. 11,. p. 795. - Anon., Bot. Centralbl. 88: 127. 1901 (retirement); Bot. Jahrb. 7 (Beibl. 15): 2. 1886; Bot. Not. 1908: 294 (b. 7 Dec 1847, d. 20 Sep 1908); Gard. Chron. 44: 239. 1908 (obit., portr.); Garden 48: xi. 1895 (portr.), 51: 748. 1898, 72: 487. 1908 (portr.); Gard. Mag. 50: 323 (portr.), 324 (obit.). 1907; J. Bot. 46: 336. 1908; J. Hort. Home Farmer 60: 322. 1908 (portr., obit.); J. Kew Guild Dec 1908: 428, 1909 (obit., portr. facing p. 428); Nat. Nov. 23: 539. 1901 (retirement), 30: 561. 1908 (d.); Österr. bot. Z. 51: 447. 1901 (retirement from Kew for health reasons), 59: 127. 1909 (d.); Torreya 8: 273. 1908; \[Ed.\], La Tribune horticole 3: 635-636. 1908 (obit., portr.). - Bell, G., Bot. Exch. Cl. Brit. Isl. Rep. 1908: 344-345 (obit.). - Bowles, E. A., J. Hort. Soc. 34: ccxviii, ccxix. 1909 (d., portr.). - Britten, J., J. Bot. 34: 81-82. 1896 (portr.), 46: 337-339. 1908 (portr.). - Hedge, I. C, & J. M. Lamond, Index coll. Edinb. herb. 114. 1970 (cultivated pl. of S. Afr. origin at E). - Hemsley, W. B., Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1908: 422-427 (obit., bibl.). - Jackson, B. D., Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1901: 49. (pl. K.). - Kent, D. H., Brit. herb. 71. 1957 (herb. ABD). - Kneucker, A., Allg. bot. Z. 15: 16. 1909 (d. 20 Sep 1908). - Nelmes, E., & Cuthbertson, Curtis's Bot. Mag. Dedic. 1827-1927, p. 302-304. 1932 (portr.). - Nicholson, G., Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1894: 37-66 (report visit U. S.). - Pearsall, W. H., F1. Surrey 54. 1931. - Sutton, S. B., Charles Sprague Sargent 209, 231. 1970. - Wittrock, V. B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(2): 96. 1903. #### Note The anonymous *Hand-list of trees and shrubs*, (excluding Coniferae), grown in the Kew arboretum, London, 2 parts 1894, 1896; and its second edition, vii, 804 p., London 1902, published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, were compiled by George Nicholson. #### Eponymy *Neonicholsonia* Dammer (1901); *Nicholsoniella* O. Kuntze (1891). ### Publications ##### n.6783. The illustrated dictionary of gardening **Title** *The illustrated dictionary of gardening*, a practical and scientific encyclopaedia of horticulture for gardeners and botanists. Edited by George Nicholson,... London (L. Upcott Gill,...) 1884-1887, 4 vols. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Ill. dict. gard.* **Notes** *Publ*.: See vol. 4, p. 249-250 for list of dates of publication of the 44 parts; published between Mar 1884 and Oct 1887. *Copies*: G, US. – Fungi by James William Helenus Trail (1851-1919). *1*: \[i-vi\], \[vii-viii\], \[1\]-544, *6* col.*pl*., (*A-E*). *2*: \[i\]-vi, \[vii-viii\], \[1\]-544, *6* col. *pl*., (*F-O*). *3*: \[i\]-vi, \[vii-viii\], \[1\]-537, *4* col. *pl*., (*P-S*). *4*: \[i\]-vi, \[vi-viii\], \[1\]-608, *8* col. *pl*., (*T-Z*, and supplement). *Century supplement* \[2\]: 1900-1901, p. \[i\]-vi, \[vii\], \[1\]-747, \[748\]. – With the assistance of 10 named and a number of unnamed "other specialists." Published in two parts: \[i\]-vi, \[vii\], 1-376, *4 pl*. 1900 (Nat. Nov. Nov(1) 1900) and \[i\]-vi, \[vii\], 377-747, \[748\], *4 pl*. 1901. ##### n.6784. Dictionnaire pratique d'horticulture **Title** *Dictionnaire pratique d'horticulture* et de jardinage illustré de plus de 4.000 figures dans le texte et de 80 planches chromolithographiées hors texte comprenant: la description succincte des plantes connues et cultivées dans les jardins de l'Europe; la culture potagère, ... etc., etc. Par G. Nicholson... traduit, mis à jour et adapté à notre climat, à nos usages, etc., etc. par S. Mottet... avec la collaboration de Vilmorin-Andrieux et Cie \[.\] G. Alluard, E. André, G. Bellar, G. Legros, etc.... Paris (Octave Doin... Librairie agricole... Vilmorin-Andrieux et Cie) 1892-1899, 5 vols. **Abbreviated title**: *Dict. prat. hort.* **Notes** *Translator*: Séraphin Joseph Mottet (1861-1930). *Orig. ed*.: in 80 parts, the contents of which are not fully known to us. *Copies*: BR, FI. *1*: \[i\*-iii\*\], \[i\]-vi, \[3\]-756, *pl. 1-14* (A-Composées). *2*: \[i-iii\], \[i\]-767, *pl. 15-31* (Composées-Ixora). *3*: \[i-iv\], \[1\]-744, *pl. 32-47* (Jaborandi-Penninerve). *4*: \[i-iv\], \[1\]"3, \[4\], \[1\]-755, *pl. 48-63* (Pénaeacées-Serratula). *5*: \[i-iii\], \[1\]-802, \[1, err.\], *pl. 64-80* (Serre-Zygostyles). *Nouveau tirage*: actually a facsimile ed., 5 vols., as above, 1938-1939. Paris (Librairie des Sciences, G. Doin & Cie.) *Copy*: G.