> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 273](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33333412) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/9193-1) LSID 9193-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21608219) QID Q21608219 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Schneider, George (1848-1917), French-born gardener; went to England 1870; from 1872 employee of Veitch & Sons, Chelsea. **Abbreviated name**: *Geo. Schneid.* \[standard form in IPNI: *G.Schneid.*\] #### Herbarium and types Unknown. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 235; Desmond p. 545. #### Biofile - Anon., Gard. Chron. 61: 11. 1917 (obit.). - Gentil, L., Bull. Soc. franç. Hort. Londres 1896: 5-6. 1897. - Martinet, H. & C. Harman Payne, Le Jardin 31(688): 106-107. 1917 (obit., portr.). ### Publications ##### n.10.950. The book of choice ferns **Title** *The book of choice ferns* for the garden, conservatory, and stove. Describing and giving explicit cultural directions for the best and most striking ferns and selaginellas in cultivation. Illustrated with coloured plates and numerous wood engravings, specially prepared for this work... London (L. Upcott Gill,...) 1892-1894, 3 vols. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Book choice ferns*. **Notes** *1*: 1892 (Bot. Zeit. 7 Oct 1892; Nat. Nov. Mai(1, 2) 1892), p. \[i-ii\], frontisp., \[iii\]-vii, \[viii\], \[1\]-666. *38 pl*. (some col.). *2*: 1-15 Jan 1893 (Nat. Nov. Jan(2) 1893; Bot. Zeit. 1 Mai 1893; Hedwigia Mar-Apr 1893; Bot. Centralbl. 15 Feb 1893), p. \[i-ii\], frontisp., \[iii\]-viii\], \[1\]-621, *26 pl*. *3*: 1894 (Bot. Zeit. 16 Jul 1894; Nat. Nov. Mai(1) 1894), p. \[i-ii\], frontisp., \[iii\]-vi, \[viii\], \[1\]-457, *22 pl*. *Copies*: BR, MO. – Published in 3 volumes and in 9 "divisions". *Abridgment*: 1905 (Bot. Zeit. 7 Oct 1905; Nat. Nov. Aug(2) 1905), p. \[i-viii\], \[1\]-330. *Copy*: US. – "*Choice ferns for amateurs*: their culture and management in the open and under glass. Abridged from the "Book of choice ferns",... London (L. Upcott Gill, ...), New York (Charles Scribner's Sons,...) 1905. Oct.