> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 252](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33258730) of TL-2 Suppl. VIII > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/3215-1) LSID 3215-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q527777) QID Q527777 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Godfery, Masters John (Col.) (1856-1945), British soldier and botanist (authority on British and European orchids), R.A.S.C., F.L.S. 1915, died 8 Apr 1945 in Torquay (Devon.). **Abbreviated name**: *Godfery* \[standard form in IPNI: *Godfery*\] #### Note His wife, Hilda Margaret Godfery (née Simpson) (1871-1930), was an accomplished botanical artist (water-colorist) who illustrated a.o. his publications. #### Herbarium and types [[Collection AMES|AMES]], [[Collection HAMU|HAMU]], WEDGWOOD \[[[Collection MACO|MACO]]?\]; Malta: [[Collection BM|BM]]. – Orig. watercolors, corr., phot., notes and R.H.S. Gold Medal award certificate (1925) of H.M. Godfery are at [[Collection BMNH|BMNH]]. #### Bibliography and biography APN p. 230; Barnhart 2: 57 ("Godfery, Hilda Margaret" only); Desmond p. 256, ed. 2: 283; IH 2: 228 (as "Godfrey, M.J."); Kent ed. 2: 150; NI 2: 69. #### Biofile - Anon., Intl. address book botanists: 182. 1931; Nature 155: 627. 1945; Orchid Rev. 53: 64. 1945; Times \[of London?\] \[newspaper\] 14 Apr 1945 (n.v.). - Stephenson, T., 1946. Proc. Linn. Soc. 157: 110-111. ### Publications ##### n.36.602. Epipactis viridiflora **Title** *Epipactis viridiflora* Reich.... London (Taylor & Francis) 1919. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Feb 1919 (in journal), cover (identif.), p. \[37\]-42. *Copy*: K. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Bot. 57(674): 37-42. 1919. ##### n.36.603. Epipactis media **Title** "*Epipactis media* (Fries!)" Bab.... London (Taylor & Francis) 1919. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Apr 1919 (in journal), cover (identif.), p. \[80\]-83. *Copy*: K. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Bot. 57(676): 80-83. 1919. ##### n.36.604. new European Serapias **Title** A *new European Serapias*... London (Taylor & Francis) 1921. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Sep 1921 (in journal), p. \[241\]-244, *pl. 560* (uncol. draw., "H.M. Godfery del."). *Copy*: HH-Ames. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Bot. 59(705): 241-244, *pl. 560.* 1921. ##### n.36.605. British dactylorchids **Title** The *British dactylorchids*... \[Extracted from The Journal of Botany\] 1924. Oct. **Notes** *Co-authors*: Stephenson, Rev. Thomas (1855-1948), see IH 2: 952; and Stephenson, Thomas Alan (1898-1961), son of Rev. T. Stephenson, see IH 2: 952. *Publ*.: Jun 1924 (in journal), p. \[175\]-178. *Copy*: HH-Ames. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Bot. 62(738): 175-178. 1924. ##### n.36.606. hybrids **Title** Three *hybrids* of *Nigritella nigra* Reichb.... \[Extracted from The Journal of Botany \] 1925. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Nov 1925 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. \[313\]-315, *pl. 573* (uncol. draw., "H.M. Godfery, del."). *Copy*: K. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Bot. 63(755): 313-315, *pl. 573.* 1925. ##### n.36.607. Epipactis dunensis **Title** *Epipactis dunensis*, Godf.... \[Extracted from The Journal of Botany\] 1926. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Mar 1926 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. \[65\]-68, *pl. 574-576* (*pl. 574-575*, uncol. phot. of watercolors by H.M. Godfery, *576*, uncol. phot.). *Copy*: K. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Bot. 64(759): 65-68, *pl. 574-576.* 1926. ##### n.36.608. Spiranthes Romanzoffiana **Title** *Spiranthes Romanzoffiana*, Chamisso.... Richmond, London (R.W. Simpson) 1921. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Oct 1930 (in journal, rec'd. by GH 1 Dec 1930), p. \[1\]-6. *Copy*: HH-Ames. – Reprinted and to be cited from Orchid Rev. 38(448): 291-295. 1930. ##### n.36.609. Apostasiaceæ **Title** *Apostasiaceæ*... Richmond, London (R.W. Simpson) 1932. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Dec 1932 (in journal), cover-t.p, identif. \[= p. \[1\]\], p. \[2, blank\], \[3\]-7. – *Copy*: HH-Ames. – Reprinted and to be cited from Orchid Rev. 40(475): 355-359. 1932. ##### n.36.610. Monograph **Title** *Monograph* & *iconograph* of native *British Orchidaceæ*... Cambridge \[England\] (at the University Press) 1933. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Monogr. icon. Br. Orch.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1933, p. i-xiv \[ii=*pl. 1*\], \[xv, subscribers\], \[xvi, signs & abbrev.\], addenda \[=loose sheet\], 1-259, *pl. 1-58, A-K* (*pl. 1, 3-58* col. from water-color draw. by H.M. Godfery, *pl. 2, A-K.* uncol.). *Copies*: BM (n.v.), HH, HH-Ames (n.v.), K (n.v.), MO (n.v.), NY(2), PH (n.v.), USDA. *Note*: "The book is dedicated to her \[i.e. Hilda Margaret Godfery\] (my wife, companion, and enthusiatic fellow-student of Orchids...)". *Ref*.: Anon., J. Roy. Hort. Soc. 58(2): 410-411. Sep 1933 (rev.). \[W.H. Pearsall & P.M. Hall\], Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 1932: 72-81. 1933 (revs.).