> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 241](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33189712) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/7642-1) LSID 7642-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4484213) QID Q4484213 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Phillips, Henry (1779-1840), British botanist and horticultural writer; banker at Worthing, later living in London and Brighton. **Abbreviated name**: *H. Phillips* \[standard form in IPNI: *Phillips*\] #### Herbarium and types Unknown. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 81; BB p. 243; BM 4: 1568; Desmond p. 493 (b. 1779, d. 8 Mar 1840); DNB 45: 201-202 ("1775-1838"); Jackson p. 195, 214, 407, 592; Kew 4: 299; Langman p. 582; Plesch p. 361; PR 7125-7129 (ed. 1: 7995-7998); Rehder 5: 670; Sotheby 598; Tucker 1: 555. #### Biofile - Allibone, S.A., Crit. dict. Engl. lit. 1583. 1870. - Chadwick, G.F., The works of Sir Joseph Paxton 93-94. 1961. - Coats, A.M., Garden Hist. Soc. Newsletter 14: 2-4. 1971. - Fussell, G.E., Gard. Chron. 1950(2): 178. (on W. Herbert, E. Kent and P.). - Johnson, G.W., Hist. Engl. gardening 304-305. 1829 (bibl.). ### Publications ##### n.7865. Pomarium britannicum **Title** *Pomarium britannicum*: an historical and botanical account of fruits, known in Great Britain,... London (printed for the author, and sold by T. and J. Allman,...) 1820. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Pom. brit.* **Notes** *Ed. 1*: 1820, p. \[i\*-x\*\], \[i\]-vii, \[viii, err.\], \[1\]-378, *pl. 1-3* (col.). *Copies*: G, MO, NY. *Ed. 2*: 1821 (Flora 7 Apr 1822), p. \[i\*-viii\*\], \[i\]-vii, \[viii\], *pl. 1-3* (col.), \[1\]-378. *Copies*: NY, UC, USDA. – London (Henry Colburn and Co.,...) 1821. Oct. *Ed. 3*: 1823, p. \[i\*-iii\*\], \[i\]-ix, *pl. 1-3*, \[1\]-372. *Copy*: Univ. Illinois (inf. D.P. Rogers). – Third edition, considerably enlarged and improved. London (printed for Henry Colburn and Co.) 1823. *Ed. 3* (*other issue*): 1827, p. \[i\*-iii\*\], \[i\]-ix, *pl. 1-3*, \[1\]-372. *Copy*: USDA. – London (Henry Colburn,...) 1827. Oct. ##### n.7866. History of cultivated vegetables **Title** *History of cultivated vegetables*: comprising their botanical, medicinal, edible, and chemical qualities; their natural history; and relation to art, science, and commerce... London (Henry Colburn and Co....) 1822, 2 vols. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Hist. cult. veg.* **Notes** *Ed. 1*: Feb 1822 (see Flora 5: 352. 1822). *1*: \[i\*, iii\*\], \[i\]-vii, \[1-4\], \[1\]-383, (p. \[ii\]: 24 Dec 1821). *2*: \[i, iii\], \[1\]-430. *Ed. 2*: 1822. *Copy*: *MO*. *1*: \[i\*, iii\*\], \[i\]-vii, \[1\]-383. *2*: \[i, iii\*\], \[1\]-480. ##### n.7867. Sylva florifera **Title** *Sylva florifera*: the shrubbery historically and botanically treated; with observations on the formation of ornamental plantations, and picturesque scenery... London (Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown,...) 1823, 2 vols. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Sylva fl.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1823. *Copies*: B, G, MO, NY, USDA. *1*: \[i\]-vi, \[vii\], \[1\]-336. *2*: \[i-iii\], \[1\]-333. ##### n.7868. Flora historica **Title** *Flora historica*: or the three seasons of the British parterre historically and botanically treated; with observations on planting, to secure a regular succession of flowers, from the commencement of spring to the end of autumn. To which are added, the most approved methods of cultivating bulbous and other plants, as practised by the most celebrated florists of England, Holland, and France... London (printed for E. Lloyd and Son,... and Archibald Constable, and Co. Edinburgh) 1824, 2 vols. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. hist.* **Notes** *Ed. 1*: 1824. *Copies*: MO, USDA. *1*: \[i\]-li, \[1\]-354. *2*: \[v\]-xii, \[1\]-464. *Ed. 2*: 1829. *Copies*: MO, NY. – "The second edition revised..." London (E. Lloyd and Son,...) 1829, 2 vols. Duod. *1*: \[i\]-xlvii, \[1\]-333. *2*: \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-423. ##### n.7869. Floral emblems **Title** *Floral emblems*... London (printed for Saunders and Otley,...) 1825. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. emblems*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1825 (p. iii: 28 Mai 1825, engr. t.p. and frontisp. (1 leaf)), p. \[i\]-xvi, *16 pl*. (col. printed, finished by hand, auct.), \[1\]-350. *Copy*: NY. – The Plesch copy had 352 p. and *20 pl*.