> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 383](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33258861) of TL-2 Suppl. VIII > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/3382-1) LSID 3382-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5764898) QID Q5764898 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Grey, Charles Hervey (Lt.-Col.) (né Hoare) (1875-1955), British banker, soldier and nurseryman, educated at Eton and New College, Oxford, entered the family's banking business, volunteered and served in the Boer War, afterwards settled in Kent, mobilized and served in the Dardanelles and France during W.W.-I (five times wounded and awarded Distinguished Service Order), adopted the surname "Grey" to comply with "testamentary obligations" 1927, established Hocke Edge (Kent) nurseries in late 1920s, served as commandant of an R.A.F. aerodrome in W.W.-II, moved to Malton (Yorks.) 1945, founded Northern Horticultural Society's garden at Harlow Car nr. Harrogate 1950, died 24 Jul 1955 in Malton. **Abbreviated name**: *Grey* \[standard form in IPNI: *Grey*\] #### Herbarium and types Unknown. #### Bibliography and biography APN p. 242; Desmond p. 269, ed. 2: 298; Hortus 3: 1194; IH 2: 239 ("Grey, C. H./Temperate S. America: (NY)"); Sotheby 1: 249. #### Biofile - Anon., Times \[London\] \[newspaper\]: 25 Jul 1955. - R.J., 1957. Proc. Linn. Soc. London 167(2): 135-136. (obit.) ### Publications ##### n.37.186. Hardy bulbs **Title** *Hardy bulbs*: including half-hardy bulbs and tuberous and fiberous-rooted plants... London (Williams & Norgate Ltd.) 1937-1938, 3 vols. Oct. *Illus*.: Grey, Cecily (née Grey) (1877-1961), whose second marriage in 1919 was to this author, see Desmond ed. 2: 298; this was also C.H. Hoare's second marriage. **Notes** *Publ*. \[*1*\]: 1937 (pref. p. 10 signed Jul 1937),... "Iridaceae", p. \[i\]-xxvii, \[1\]-403, *47 pl. *(incl. *15 pl*. col., unnumb. & interspersed in text). *Copies*: HH (n.v.), K (n.v.), LC (n.v.), USDA. *2*: 1938,... "Amaryllidaceae, Commelinaceae, Haemodoraceae, Orchidaceae, Scitam i neae", p. \[i-iv\], v \[=contents\], vii-viii \[=list of pl.\], \[1\]-368 \[glossary, p. 361-366; index, p. 367-368\], *47 pl*. (incl. *10 pl*. col., unnumb. & interspersed in text). *Copies*: HH (n.v.), K (n.v.), USDA. *3*: 1938,... "Liliaceae", p. \[i-iv\], v-vii \[=contents\], ix-x \[=list of 82 pl.\], \[1\]-664 \[incl. appendix and glossary\], *82 pl*. (incl. *20 pl*. col., unnumb. & interspersed in text). *Copies*: HH (n.v.), K (n.v.), MO (n.v.), USDA. *Note*: Total number of plates in all 3 vols.: 44 (col.) and 132 (uncol.). *American imprint*: \[*1*\]: 1938,... "Iridaceae", New York (E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc.), p. \[i\]-xxvi, \[1\]-403, *47 pl*. (incl. *15 pl*. col., unnumb. & interspersed in text). *Copies*: MO (n.v.), NY (n.v.), USDA. *Ref*.: Esson, J.G., J. New York Bot. Gard. 39: 189-190. Aug 1938 (rev.). *2*: 1938,... "Amaryllidaceae, Commelinaceae, Haemodoraceae, Orchidaceae, Scitamineae", p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-368, *47 pl*. (incl. *10 pl*. col., unnumb. & interspersed in text). - *Copies*: MO (n.v.), NY. - *Ref*. \[2\]: Hayward, W., J. New York Bot. Gard. 40: 25. Jan 1939 (rev.). *3*: 1938,... "Liliaceae", p. \[i\]-x, \[1\]-664, *82 pl*. (incl. *20 pl*. col., unnumb. & interspersed in text). *Copy*: NY. - *Ref*. \[3\]: Beal, J.M., Bot. Gaz. 100(4): 875. Jun 1939 (rev.). - *Ref*. \[1-3\]: Anon., Ecology 19(4): 580. Oct 1938 (noticed). - *Note*: The author's galley proofs with his corrections are now at MO.