> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 410](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33258888) of TL-2 Suppl. VIII > Author links: [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q109853798) QID Q109853798 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Groff, G\[eorge\]. Weidman (1884-1954), American horticulturist and "agricultural missionary", born 29 Mar 1884 in Annville (Lebanon Co.), Penn., attended school in Harrisburg, Penn., B.Sc. 1907 and M.S. 1912 (horticulture) Penn. State College (now Penn. State Univ.), State College, Penn., went to China in 1907 and from 1908 served as middle school teacher, Canton Christian College, then held positions as Field Asst., Office of Crop Physiology and Breeding Investigation, U.S.D.A. and in the herb., Lingnan Univ. 1918-1920, Canton (now Guangzhou), Dean and Dir., Agricultural College 1921-1935 and Dir., Economic Plant Receiving Station 1935, both Lingnan Univ., moved to Florida 1941 (during W.W.-II), worked in s. China for the U.N. Relief and Rehabilitation Administration 1946-1947, died 4 Dec 1954 in Laurel, Florida. **Abbreviated name**: *Groff* #### Herbarium and types [[Collection A|A]], [[Collection LU|LU]] (founder), [[Collection PNH|PNH]], [[Collection UC|UC]]. – Mss. in the Penn. State Univ. Libraries (George Weidman Groff papers, 1916-1958) and Yale Univ. Library (Archives of the Trustees of Lingnan Univ.). #### Bibliography and biography Amer. Men Sci. ed. 9: 439-440; Barnhart 2: 90; Hirsch p. 105; IH 2: 241; Kew 2: 515; Langman p. 338; MW p. 144, suppl. p. 79; RUS 3: 274, 4: 275; Tucker 3: 127. #### Biofile - Brunner, H.S. et al., 1961. Report on the G. Weidman Groff Collection, University Park, Penn. (Penn. State Univ.): 510 p., facsim. (bibl.) - Chen, J.H.-M., 1957. A review of the publications and unpublished written works of the late Professor G. Weidman Groff, Lingnan University, Canton, China, covering the period 1918-1953, University Park, Penn. (Penn. State Univ.): 39 lvs. (mimeogr.) (n.v.) #### Composite works Groff inaugurated and published the *Lingnan Agricultural Review*, vols. 1-4 (1922/1923-1927); superceded by the *Lingnan Science Journal*. ### Publications ##### n.37.286. lychee **Title** The *lychee* and *lungan*, with eleven appendices... New York (Orange Judd Company) Oct. 1921. **Notes** *Co-authors* (of appendices 6-9): Coville, Frederick Vernon (1867-1937), see TL-2/1: 561-562 and Suppl. 4: 430-434; Goucher, Edward (fl. 1911-1921), U.S.D.A.; Hagerty, Michael Joseph (1875-1951), Chinese translator affiliated with the Univ. of Calif. at Berkeley; & Swingle, Walter Tennyson (1871-1952), see TL-2/6: 127-129. *Publ*.: 1921 (p. 174 signed 22 Jun 1921), *pl. 1*, frontisp. \[=*pl. 2*\], \[2 p.\], p. \[i\]-iii, \[Table of Contents=2 p.\], \[List of Illus.=2 p.\], \[5\]-188, *pl. 1-41* (40 uncol. phot., 1 col.). *Copies*: HH (n.v.), K (n.v.), LC (n.v.), MO, NY (n.v.), US, USDA. *Microfilm*: Gainesville, Florida (George A. Smathers Libraries, Univ. of Florida), 1994/10/17, 1 reel (35 mm, neg.). *Copy*: (n.v.). *Note*: Based, in part (?), on Groff's M.S. thesis submitted to Penn. State College. ##### n.37.287. method **Title** A *method* of *indexing* and *filing Chinese plants* illustrated by a systematic enumeration of the plants of the Canton Christian College campus... Canton, China... 1922. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Dec 1922, p. 47-65. *Copies*: HH (n.v.), K, NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Lingnan Agric. Rev. 1(1): 47-65. 1922. ##### n.37.288. botany **Title** The *botany* of *Ephedra* in relation to the yield of physiologically active substances ... Berkeley, Calif. (Univ. of Calif. Press) 1928. Oct. **Notes** *Co-author*: Clark, Guy Wendell (1887-x), biochemist. *Publ*.: 18 Feb 1928 (cover-t.p.), cover-t.p., p. \[i-ii\], \[247\]-282. *Copies*: HH (n.v.), LC (n.v.), MO, US. – Issued as Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 14(7): 247-282. 1928. ##### n.37.289. botany **Title** The *botany* of *Kwangtung* and its relation to *agriculture*... Canton, China... 1929. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jun 1929 (on cover t.p.), cover-t.p., p. 147-162. *Copies*: HH (n.v.), K. – Reprinted and to be cited from Lingnan Sci. J. 7: 147-162. 1929. ##### n.37.290. Plants **Title** *Plants* of *Lungt'aushan* \[Dragon-Head Mountain\] and vicinities, North River area, Kwangtung Province, China... Canton, China... 1930. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jun 1930 (on p. 1), cover-t.p., map (unnumb.), p. \[1\]-138. *Copies*: BM (n.v.), HH (n.v.). K, NY (n.v.). – Reprinted and to be cited from Lingnan Univ. Sci. Bull. 2: \[map\] \[1\]-138. 1930. ##### n.37.291. Gymnosperms **Title** *Gymnosperms* of *Kwangtung*... Canton, China... 1930. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Oct 1930 (on cover-t.p.), cover-t.p., p. 267-305. *Copies*: HH (n.v.), K. – Reprinted and to be cited from Lingnan Sci. J. 9(3): 267-305. 1930. ##### n.37.292. Pandanales **Title** *Pandanales* of *Kwangtung*, China... Canton, China... 1931. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 30 Nov 1931 (cover (identif.) & in journal), cover (identif.), p. 419-424. *Copy*: HH. – Reprinted and to be cited from Lingnan Sci. J. 10(4): 419-424. 1931. ##### n.37.293. Piperales **Title** *Piperales* of *Kwangtung*, China... Canton, China... 1932. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 30 Mar 1932 (in journal), p. 81-100. *Copy*: Cornell Univ. (n.v.). – Reprinted and to be cited from Lingnan Sci. J. 11(1): 81-100. 1932.