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### Author
Harshberger, John William Cleghorn (1869-1929), American botanist at Philadelphia.
**Abbreviated name**: *Harshb.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Harshb.*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection PENN|PENN]], [[Collection PH|PH]]; other material at [[Collection A|A]], [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection US|US]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 2: 131; BM 2: 789, 6: 437; BJI 2: 69; BL 1: 198, 299; Bossert p. 165; Clokie p. 178; CSP 15: 656-657; DAB (by H. B. Baker); GR p. 221; Hirsch p. 114; IH 2: 257; Kew 2: 591; Lenley p. 215; LS 11317-11321, suppl. 10768-10769; NAF ser. 2. 6: 64; NW p. 47; Pennell p. 609; PFC 3(2): xi; Rehder 5: 367; SO 3529; TL-2/1712; Tucker 1: 319-320.
- Anon., Torreya 11: 163. 1911; Bartonia 11: 51-55. 1929 (portr., bibl.).
- Boone, W., Hist. bot. W. Virg. 8, 57. 1965.
- Druce, G. C., Bot. Soc. Exch. Cl. Brit. Isles Rep. 9(1): 92. 1930.
- Ewan, J. et al., Short hist. bot. U.S. 13, 17, 118. 1969.
- Fagin, N. B., William Bartram 4, 13, 29. 1933.
- Harshberger, J. W. C., Bot. Philadelphia 391-399, 446. 1899 (bibl.); The life and work of John W. Harshberger, Ph. D. An autobiography. Philadelphia 1928, 40 p. (portr., bibl. 320 nos.) (see also J. Bot. 66: 182. 1928).
- Hultén, E., Bot. Not. 1940: 334.
- Humphrey, Makers N. Amer. bot. 107-109. 1961.
- Lubrecht, H., Early Amer. bot. Works 19. 1967.
- McVaugh, R., Contr. Univ. Mich. Herb. 9: 242-243. 1972 (itin. Mexico), (see also Harshberger, Botanical observations on the Mexican flora, Proc. Acad. Sci. Philadelphia 1898: 372-413. for Aug 1898, publ. Oct. 1898, see copy US).
- Murrill, W. A., Hist. found. Bot. Florida 43. 1945.
- Pennell, F. W., Bartonia 22: 24. 1943.
- Phillips, V. T. and M. E., Guide mss. Coll. Acad. Phila. p. 472 \[index\]. 1963.
- Rickett, H. W., Index Bull. Torrey bot. Club 44-45. 1955.
- Urban, I., Symb. ant. 5: 6, 7. 1906.
- Wittrock, V. B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(3): 196, *pl. 148.* 1905 (portr.).
### Publications
##### n.2407. The botanists of Philadelphia and their work
**Title**
*The botanists of Philadelphia and their work*. Philadelphia \[T. C. Davis & Son (printer)\]. 1899. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Bot. Philadelphia*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1899 (p. iv: 1 Aug 1899), frontisp., p. \[i\]-xii, \[1\]-457, *pl. 1-26*, 23 portr. *Copies*: US; IDC 7553.
##### n.2408. Phytogeographic survey of North America
**Title**
*Phytogeographic survey of North America*. A consideration of the phytogeography of the North American continent, including Mexico, Central America and the West Indies, together with the evolution of North American plant distribution. Leipzig (Wilhelm Engelmann), New York (G. E. Stechert & Co.) 1911. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Phytogeogr. surv. N. Amer.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Mai 1911 (last proofs forwarded Feb 1911, copy rd. by author on 8 Jun; Nat. Nov. Jun(1) 1911), p. \[i\]-lxiii, \[1\]-790. *Copy*: MO. – Engler and Drude, Die Vegetation der Erde, vol. 13, TL-2/1712.
*Second* (reprint) *edition*: Weinheim/Bergstr. (H. R. Engelmann, J. Cramer), New York (Hafner Publishing Company) 1958, p. \[iii\]-xii, \[1\]-790, pl. 1-18, map, 32 text ill. Oct.
*Copy*: FAS. – ISBN 3-7682-0003-5.
*Ref*.: Taylor, Torreya 11: 190-199. 12 Sep 1911 (rev.).
- Harshberger, J. W. C., Torreya 11: 217-219. 18 Oct 1911 (reply to Taylor).
- Fernald, M. L., Rhodora 13: 213-224. Oct 1911.
- Harper, Bull. Amer. geogr. Soc. 45(1): 38-42. 1913.
##### n.2409. The vegetation of South Florida
**Title**
*The vegetation of South Florida* south of 27°30́ North, exclusive of the Florida Keys \[Philadelphia (Wagner Free Institute of Science...) 1914\].
**Abbreviated title**: *Veg. S. Florida*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Oct 1914, *in* Trans. Wagner Free Inst. Sci. Philadelphia 7(3): \[i-ii\], \[49-189\], map.
*Copy* (reprint): NY.
##### n.2410. Text-book of pastoral and agricultural botany
**Title**
*Text-book of pastoral and agricultural botany* for the study of the injurious and useful plants of country and farm... with 121 illustrations. Philadelphia (P. Blakiston's Son & Co.) s.d. \[1920\]. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Text-book bot.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Jul-Dec 1920 (p. ix: 3 Jul 1920; autobiogr. p. 34), frontisp., p. \[i\]-xiii, \[1\]-294. *Copies*: MICH, MO, USDA.