> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 98](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33066438) of TL-2 Vol. VII > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/11433-1) LSID 11433-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1616636) QID Q1616636 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Watson, Hewett Cottrell (1804-1881), British botanist and phrenologist of independent means; studied medicine at Edinburgh 1828-1832 without taking a degree; from 1833 living at Thames Ditton near London; collected in the Azores in 1843; published on phrenology and on evolution in plants; from 1859 mainly dedicating himself to the distribution of British plants. **Abbreviated name**: *H. Wats.* \[standard form in IPNI: *H.C.Watson*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection K|K]] (British herb.); early herbarium sent to F. v. Mueller at Melbourne (not traced). Other material in [[Collection AK|AK]], [[Collection AWH|AWH]], [[Collection B|B]] (mainly destr.), [[Collection CGE|CGE]], [[Collection DBN|DBN]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection FI|FI]], [[Collection HAMU|HAMU]], [[Collection LIV|LIV]], [[Collection MANCH|MANCH]], [[Collection NMW|NMW]], [[Collection OXF|OXF]], [[Collection PH|PH]], [[Collection U|U]], [[Collection WAR|WAR]]. – The European collection was presented to Owen's College, Manchester (and see Kent & Allen, 1984). – *Letters*: see F.N. Egerton in DSB; e.g. 96 letters to C.C. Babington at [[Collection CGE|CGE]], to F.A.W. Miquel in [[Collection U|U]], to various botanists at [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection UPS|UPS]]-UB. – *Manuscript* records for *Cybele britannica* at [[Collection BM|BM]]. #### Bibliography and biography AG 2(2): 292; Barnhart 3: 464; BB p. 318; BL 1: 87, 323, 2: 225, 730; BM 5: 2272; Bossert p. 427; Clokie p. 262; CSP 6: 280-281, 8: 1202, 12: 771; Desmond p. 643-644 (b. 9 Mai 1804, d. 27 Jul 1881); DNB 20: 918-920 (60: 7-9); DSB 14: 189-191 (F.N. Egerton); Frank 3 (Anh.): 111; GR p. 418; Herder p. 168, 171; IF p. 737; IH 1 (ed. 6): 365, (ed. 7): 345; Jackson p. 230, 231; LS 28385; PH 1-B; PR 10.005-10.011, ed. 1: 10.989-10.993; Rehder 5: 904; TL-2/2056, 10.133, 11.610, see F.J. Hanbury, W.W. Newbould, J.T.I.B. Syme; Tucker 1: 131, 733; Urban-Berl. p. 408; Zander ed. 10, p. 730, ed. 11, p. 833. #### Biofile - Allen, D.E., Proc. Bot. Soc. Brit. Isl. 6(2): 110-112. 1965 (H.C. Watson and the origin of exchange clubs; letter by W. in Mag. nat. Hist., ed. Loudon, Oct 1829; proposal to organize exchange); Victorian fern craze 17, 26, 1969; The naturalist in Britain 1976 (see index); The Botanists 232 \[index; numerous entries; important account\] 1986; Soc. bibl. nat. hist., Newsletter 4: 5. 1979 (96 letters at CGE), 7: 5. 1980 (copy of will), 8: 6. 1980 (only 100 copies publ. of Topogr. bot., ed. 1; not for sale; all copies presented to colleagues), 17: 4. 1983, 17: 5. Feb 1983 (folio issues of ed. 1 and 2 of London catalogue); Watsonia 14(4): 408-409. Aug 1983 (London catalogue publication dates and authors). - Anon., Bonplandia 3: 34. 1855 (cogn. Leopoldina: Ramond), 6: 54. 1858 (id.); Bot. Centralbl. 7: 254-255. 1881, 11: 468. 1882 (herb. to K); Brit. Mus. gen. cat. print. books 253: 795-796. 1965; Bull. Soc. bot. France 28 (bibl.): 140. 1881 (d.); J. Bot. 11: 96. 1873 (request facts additional to Comp. Cybele brit.); J. Bot. 20: 64. 1882 (new ed. of *Topogr. bot.* in preparation; mss. submitted to K with his herbarium), 29: 190. 1891 (W.'s European herb. at Manchester Museum Owens College); Naturalist 4: 264-269. 1839 (autobiogr.); Nat. Nov. 3: 135. 1881 (d.); Trans. bot. Soc. Edinburgh 14: 300-302. 1883 (obit.). - Baker, J.G., J. Bot. 19: 257-265. 1881 (obit., portr.), also in H.C. Watson, Topogr. bot. ed. 2, 1883, p. ix-xxi. - Boase, F., Modern English Biography 3: 1224-1225. 1965. - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. 446. 1980. - Brummitt, R.K. et al., Watsonia 16: 295. 1987 (on distribution Cybele brit., suppl. 1). - Cadbury, D.A., Computer-mapped Fl. Warwickshire 56-57. 1971. - Cooper, Th., ed., Men of the time, ed. 9. 991. 1875. - Dalman, A.A. & M.H. Wood, Trans. Liverpool Bot. Soc. 1: 99. 1909. - Dandy, J.E., Watsonian vice-counties of Great Britain, London 1969. - Druce, G.C., Fl. Berkshire clxxiii-clxxiv. 1897; Fl. Buckinghamshire ci. 1926; Fl. Northamptonshire cxx-cxxi. 1930. - Egerton, H.C., Huntia 3(2): 87-102. 1979 (major study of his phytogeographical work; biogr.; portr.). - Ellis, G., Amgueddfa 16: 3-10. 1974. - Freeman, R.B., Brit. nat. hist. books 358-359. 1980. - Kent, D.H., Brit. herb. 84. 1957. - Kent, D.H. & D.E. Allen, Brit. Irish herb. 268. 1984 (coll.). - Milner, J.D., Cat. portr. Kew 103. 1906. - Pearsall, W.H., Fl. Surrey 50. 1931. - Reichenbach, H.G., Bot. Zeit. 39: 547. 1881 (d.). - Riddelsdell, H.J., Fl. Glouc. cxix. 1948. - White, J.W., Fl. Bristol 78-79. 1872. - Wittrock, V.B., Acta Horti berg. 3(3): 83, *pl. 145.* 1905. - Woodhead, T.W., Naturalist 1923: 101. #### Composite works *Botany, in* Frederick Ducane Godman, *Natural history of the Azores*, or Western Islands p. 113-288. London 1870, TL-2/2056. #### Handwriting Mon. biol. Canar. 4: pl. (item 43). 1973. #### Eponymy (journal): *Watsonia*, journal of the botanical society of the British Isles. Arbroath, Scotland. Vol. 1-x, 1949-1950-x. ### Publications ##### n.16.801. Outlines of the geographical distribution of British plants **Title** *Outlines of the geographical distribution of British plants*; belonging to the division of vasculares or cotyledones... Edinburgh (printed for private distribution) \[1832\]. Duod. **Abbreviated title**: *Outlines geogr. distr. Brit. pl.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1832, p. \[i\]-xvi, \[1\]-334. *Copies*: USDA. – *Edinburgh issue*: s.d. \[1832\], p. \[i\]-xvi, \[1\]-334. *Copy*: PH. ##### n.16.802. The new botanist's guide **Title** *The new botanist's guide* to the localities of the rare plants of Britain; on the plan of Turner and Dilwyn's Botanist's guide... London (printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman,...) 1835-1837. 2 vols. Duod. **Abbreviated title**: *Bot. guide*. **Notes** *1* (*England and Wales*): 1835 (p. vi: Oct 1835), p. \[i\]-vi, \[vii, err.\], \[1\]-402, \[403, index\], \[404, colo.\]. *2* (*Scotland and adjacent isles*): 1837 (p. xxiii: Mar 1837; intended to be publ. 31 Mar 1837; whole impression destroyed by fire, reprinted later in 1837), p. \[i-ii, general t.p. for the two volumes\], \[407\]-674, \[i\]-xxiv, preface to the whole work to be bound in front of vol. 1, except for p. \[i\], t.p. vol. 2, which became p. \[405\]. *Copies*: G, HH, LIV, NY. ##### n.16.803. Remarks on the geographical distribution of British plants **Title** *Remarks on the geographical distribution of British plants*; chiefly in connection with latitude, elevation, and climate... London (printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman...) 1835. Duod. **Abbreviated title**: *Rem. geogr. distr. Brit. pl.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1835 (p. x: Nov 1835), p. \[1\]-xvi, \[1\]-288. *Copies*: B-S, G, HH, LIV, MO, NY. *Other ed*.: 1843 (p. \[ii\]: Jan 1843; rd. before Jul 1843 by Flora), p. \[i\]-iv, \[1\]-259, \[260\]. *Copies*: B-S, BR, G, NY. – *The geographical distribution of British plants*... third edition. Part I. London (printed for the author) 1843. The "third" edition may refer to the *Outlines* as ed. 1 and to the "*Remarks*" as ed. 2. *Review*: W.J. Hooker, London, J. Bot. 2: 154-156 \[presumably March\] 1843. *German transl*.: (of 1835 ed.): 1837 (p. xv: 24 Dec 1836; rev. R. Schneider, Flora 20(2) Lit. 6: 95-110. 28 Jul 1837), p. \[i\]-xx, \[1\]-261, \[262,-263, err.\], \[264, colo.\]. *Copies*: B-S, MO, NY. – *Bemerkungen über die geographische Vertheilung und Verbreitung der Gewächse Grossbritanniens*,... Uebersetzt und mit Beilagen und Anmerkungen versehen von C.F. Beilschmied... Breslau (in Commission bei Jos. Max & Comp.) 1837. Oct. (*Bemerk. geogr. Verth. Gew. Gr.-Brit.*). ##### n.16.804. The London catalogue of British plants **Title** *The London catalogue of British plants*. Published under the direction of the Botanical Society of London, adapted for an index catalogue to British herbaria; for marking desiderata in exchanges of specimens; for indicating the species of local districts; and for a guide to botanical collectors, by showing the comparative rarity or frequency of the several species... London (William Pamplin,...) 1844. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *London cat. Brit. pl.* **Notes** *Ed*. \[*1*\]: 1844, cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-16, explanation on other p. of cover. *Copies*: BR, G, GOET. – *Author*: H.C. Watson. *Other issues*: see Simpson (1960) and Allen (1983) for other issues of ed. 1; see Allen (1983-1) for a description of the single folio sheet edition "produced expressly for use in packing up specimens to be sent to the Society's Foreign members". (4 p.) – *Salix* by J.E. Leefe; *Rubus* by E. Lees. *Ed. 2*: 1847 (t.p date 1848 but publ. by Dec 1847 fide Phytologist 2: 1051. Dec 1847), cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-16. *Copy*: BM. – *Authors*: H.C. Watson and G.E. Dennes. *Other issue*: folio single sheets as for ed. 1 (4 p.). (Allen 1983-1). *Ed. 3*: 1850, p. \[i, cover-t.p.\], iv, \[1\]-16. *Copy*: HU. – *Authors*: as ed. 2. *Ed. 4*: 1853. *Authors*: H.C. Watson and J.T. Syme (afterwards Boswell). *Ed. 5*: 1857 (Kew J. Bot. Dec 1857), cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-16. *Copies*: HH, NY. – *Authors*: as ed. 4. *Ed. 6*: Jul 1867 (J. Bot. Jul 1867), cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-32. *Copies*: G, HH, MO. – *The London catalogue*... adapted for marking desiderata in exchanges of specimens; for an index catalogue to British herbaria; for indicating the species of local districts; for a guide to collectors, and by showing the comparative rarity or frequency of the several species ... London (Robert Hardwicke,...) 1867. Oct. – *Author*: H.C. Watson. *Ed. 7*: Jul 1874 (HH copy has a note: "recd July 28th 1874"; J. Bot. Feb 1874 in preparation, Sep 1874: publ.), cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-32. *Copy*: HH. – *Author*: H.C. Watson. – London (Robert Hardwicke,...) 1874. *Ed. 7* (*other issue*): 1877, cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-32. *Copies*: HH, NY. – London (Hardwicke & Bogue,...) 1877. *Ed. 7* (*other issue*): Feb 1881 (J. Bot. 1881), cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-32. *Copy*: NY. – London (George Bell & Sons,...) s.d. *Ed. 7* (*other issue*) as "*Ed. 8*": 1883 (J. Bot. Sep 1883; erroneously as ed. 8, mistake corrected), cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-32. *Copy*: BM. *Ed. 8*: 1886 (p. v: Mai 1886), cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-39. *Copies*: BR, DBN, HH, M, NY. – *Author*: F.J. Hanbury. – *The London catalogue*... Part I. Containing the British Phaenogamia, Filices, Equisetaceae, Lycopodiaceae, Selaginellaceae, Marsiliaceae, and Characeae... London (George Bell & Sons,...) s.d. – See also Robert Turnbull, *Index of British plants* according to the London catalogue (eighth edition), London 1889, 98 p. *Ed. 8* (*reissue with corrections*): 1890 (p. 5: Mai 1890), cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-39. *Copy*: NY. – Title-page: as 1886 issue, s.d., but "Eighth edition. (With corrections)." – *Author*: F.J. Hanbury. *Ed. 9*: Mai 1895 (p. 7: Mar 1895; J. Bot. Feb 1895: in the press, Apr 1894: on the eve of publ., Jun 1894 reviewed), p. \[1\]-50. *Copies*: BR, DBN, HH, NY. – *Author*: F.J. Hanbury. – See C.G. Druce, *Notes on the ninth edition of the London catalogue of British plants*, Ann. Scott. nat. Hist. 1896: 38-53. Jan 1896. *Ed. 10*: Mar 1908 (p. 2: Feb 1908; Nat. Nov. Jul(2) 1908; J. Bot. Mar 1908), p. \[i-ii\], \[1\]-48, text on cover p. \[i-iii\]. *Copies*: DBN, HH, NY. – *Author*: F.J. Hanbury. *Ed. 11*: 1925 (p. 4: Jun 1925; J. Bot. Oct 1895), p. \[i\], \[1\]-55, \[56-58\]. *Copies*: DBN, HH, LIV, NY, U, USDA. – *Authors*: F.J. Hanbury and C.E. Salmon (coll.). – See reviews by E.G. Baker, A.J. Wilmott and H.W. Pugsley in J. Bot. 63: 297-304. Oct. 1925. *Follow-up*: J. Britten and A.B. Rendle, *List of British Seed-plants and Ferns* 1907, G.C. Druce, *List of British plants* 1908, 1928 and J.E. Dandy, *List of British vascular plants, *1958. *Ref*.: Allen, D.E., Watsonia 14(4): 408-409. 1983 (dates; authors). - Hooker, W.J., London J. Bot. 3: 288-295. 1844 (rev. ed. 1). - Simpson, N.D., Bibl. index Brit. flora 1960. ##### n.16.805. Cybele britannica **Title** *Cybele britannica*; or british plants and their geographical relations... London (Published by Longman and Co....) 1847-1849, 4 vols. Oct. (in 4-s). **Abbreviated title**: *Cybele brit.* **Notes** *1*: 1847 (London J. Bot. rev. Mai-Jun 1847; Flora 21 Nov 1847), p. \[i\]-iv, \[1\]-472. *2*: 1849 (Kew J. Bot. rev. Dec 1849), p. \[i\]-iv, \[1\]-480. *3*: 1852 (Kew J. Bot. rev. Jul 1852), map, p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-560. *4*: 1859 (p. 527: Apr 1859; rev. Alph. de Candolle in Arch. Sci. Bibl. Univ. Jul 1859; rev. D.F.L. von Schlechtendal, Bot. Zeit. 16 Sep 1859), p. \[i\]-v, \[vii, err.\], \[1\]-527. *Copies*: B, G, H-UB, HH, MO, NY, USDA. *Part first Supplement*: 1860, p. \[1\]-1 19. *Copies*: G, MO, NY, USDA. – *Part first of a supplement to the Cybele britannica*... London (printed for private distribution) \[but distributed free to many botanists, see R.K. Brummitt et al. 1987\] 1860. Oct. (in 4-s). *Suppl. 1, Cybele brit.* *Part 2*: see Supplement to *Compendium*, 1872. ##### n.16.806. Compendium of the Cybele britannica **Title** *Compendium of the Cybele britannica*; or, British plants in their geographical relations... Thames Ditton (printed for private distribution) 1868-1870. 3 parts. Oct. (in 4-s). **Abbreviated title**: *Comp. Cybele brit.* **Notes** *Publ*.: in three parts, 1868-1870. The parts were provided with a temporary t.p. and other preface matter. For final binding a definitive t.p. and preface were published with the third part. Some coples are bound with the final t.p. and final preface, omitting the temporary material. *Copies*: BR, G, H-UB, HH, USDA. *1*: 1868 (rev. J. Bot. Dec 1868), map, p. \[i\]-vii, \[1\]-200. *2*: Nov 1869 (p. iv: Nov 1869; rev. J. Bot. Dec 1869), p. \[i\]-iv, 201-424. *3*: Oct 1870 (rev. J. Bot. Dec 1870; id. Sep 1820; "...will be shortly published"; rd. Nov 1870: publ.), p. \[i-iv, t.p. and preface material for part 3\], \[425\]-651, \[i\]-vi, \[vii, cent.\] final t.p. and preface. ##### n.16.807. Supplement to the Compendium of Cybele britannica **Title** *Supplement to the Compendium of Cybele britannica*; shewing the distribution of British plants through the thirty-eight sub-provinces being also a second supplement to Cybele britannica (the original work in four volumes)... Thames Ditton (printed for private distribution only) 1872. Oct. (in 4-s). **Abbreviated title**: *Supplement Comp. Cybele brit.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1872, map, p. \[i\]-iv, \[1\]-213, \[215, note\]. *Copies*: BR, G, USDA. *Ref*.: Trimen, H., J. Bot. 11: 25-27. Jan 1873 (rev.). ##### n.16.808. Topographical botany **Title** *Topographical botany*. Being local and personal records towards shewing the distribution of British plants traced through the 112 counties and vice-counties of England and Scotland... Thames Ditton (printed for private distribution only) 1873-1874. 2 parts. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Topogr. bot.* **Notes** *Ed. 1*: 1873-1874, in 2 parts. *Copy*: LIV. *1*: 1873 (pref. Jul 1873; J. Bot. Oct 1873), p. \[i\]-iv, \[1\]-367. *2*: 1874, p. \[i-iii\], \[369\]-740. *Ed. 2*: Jul 1883 (p. v: Mai 1883; J. Bot. Aug 1883; Bot. Zeit. 28 Sep 1883; Bot. Centralbl. 3-7 Sep 1883; Nat. Nov. Aug(2) 1883), p. \[i\]-xlvii, \[1\]-612, map. *Copies*: BR, G, H-UB, HH, LIV, MO, NY, USDA. – Second edition, corrected and enlarged. London (Bernard Quaritch,...) 1883. Edited by J.G. Baker and W.W. Newbould. *Supplement*: Arthur Bennett, Supplement to "Topographical botany", ed. 2, J. Bot. 43, suppl. 1905, 113 p. *Second supplement*: A. Bennett, C.E. Salmon, and J.R. Matthews. *Second supplement to* Watson's "*Topographical botany*", J. Bot. 67 (suppl.): 1-56. Mai 1929, 68 (bibl.): 57-99. Jan 1930. – TL-2/10.133. *Further supplementary papers*: see BL 2: 225. *Ref*.: Druce, G.C., Comital flora British Isles xix-xxi. 1932 (notes on authorship of records in supplements). - Jackson, B.D., J. Bot. 21: 363-370. 1883 (local catalogues used in preparing *Topogr. bot.*).