> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 350](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33068592) of TL-2 Vol. II > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/4165-1) LSID 4165-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1763905) QID Q1763905 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Howell, Thomas Jefferson (1842-1912), American botanist, pioneer of Oregon and of the knowledge of the Northwestern American flora, discovered *Picea Breweriana*. **Abbreviated name**: *Howell* \[standard form in IPNI: *Howell*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection ORE|ORE]]; duplicates in numerous herbaria (*Howell's Pacific Coast Plants*). #### Bibliography and biography Backer p. 275; Barnhart 2: 211; BL 1: 162, 209, 220, 302; BM 6: 489; Bossert p. 184; CSP 12: 350, 15: 966; DAB 9: 305-306; Hortus 3: 1196 ("T. J. - Howell"); IH 2: 289; Kew 3: 49; MW suppl. p. 118; NW p. 49; Rehder 5: 410; Stevenson p. - 1245; Tucker 1: 354; Urban-Berl. p. 359; Zander ed. 10, p. 673. - Anon., Bot. Not. 1913: 192; Torreya 13: 40. 1913; The Morning Oregonian 25 Jan 1904. - Ewan, J. et al., Short hist. bot. U.S. 167. 1969. - Greene, E. L., Amer. midl. Naturalist 3: 30-31. 1913. - Hultén, E., Bot. Not. 1940: 310 (Alaska coll.). - Humphrey, Makers N. Amer. Bot. 118-129. 1961. - Lange, Sci. Monthly 77(1): 198-204. 1953 (bibl., portr.). - Piper, C, Contr. U.S. natl. Herb. 11: 18. 1906. - Reveal, J. R., *in* A. Cronquist et al., Intermountain flora 1: 62. 1972. - Rodgers, A. D., Amer. bot. 1873-1892: 330 \[index\]. 1944. - Sargent, C. S., Silva 12: 52. 1898. - Sayre, G., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 19(3): 345. 1975. - Smith, Bot. Gaz. 458-460. 1913 (portr.). - Thomas, J., Taxon 25: 217. 1976 (written records at University of Oregon Library). - Watson, S., Bot. California 2: 559. 1880. #### Eponymy *Howellia* A. Gray (1879, also dedicated to Joseph Howell (1830-1912), probably a brother of Thomas-Jefferson Howell. They collected together in Oregon). ### Publications ##### n.3094. Catalogue of the flora of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho **Title** *Catalogue of the flora of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho*. \[Arthur, Oregon, 1877\]. **Abbreviated title**: *Cat. fl. Oregon*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1877, p. \[i\], \[1\]-22, \[23\]. *Copy*: NY. ##### n.3095. Catalogue of the plants of N. Western America **Title** *Catalogue of the plants of N. Western America* by Thomas Howell, Sauvie's Island Oregon. s.d. \[1883\]. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Cat. pl. N. W. Amer.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 24 Aug 1883 (date given by author on presentation copy to Trelease), p. \[1\]-\[23\]. *Copies*: MO, USDA. ##### n.3096. A catalogue of the known plants **Title** *A catalogue of the known plants*, (Phaenogamia and Pteridophyta) *of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho*,... Arthur, Oregon. 1887. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Cat. pl. Oregon*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 15 Feb 1887 (p. iii: 15 Feb 1887; Nat. Nov. Mai 1887; Bot. Gaz. Apr 1887; TBC Apr 1887; Bot. Zeit. 28 Oct 1887), p. \[i, iii\], \[1\]-28. *Copies*: MO, USDA. Preceded by *Catalogue of the Flora of Oregon, Washington and Idaho*, Arthur, Oregon 1877. See no. 3094. ##### n.3097. A flora of northwest America **Title** *A flora of northwest America*. Containing brief descriptions of all the known indigenous and naturalized plants growing without cultivation north of California, west of Utah, and south of British Columbia... Portland, Ore. (author) 1897-1903. 1 vol. Oct. †. **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. N. W. Amer.* **Notes** |fasc. |pages |dates | |--- |--- |--- | |1 |\[i-ii\], \[1\]-112 |15 Mar 1897 |2 |\[i\], 113-274 |1 Apr 1898 |3 |\[i\] \[275\]-386 |21 Aug 1900 |4 |\[i\], 387-474 |21 Mar 1901 |5 |\[i\], 475-562 |20 Nov 1901| |6 |\[i\], 563-666 |20 Jul 1902| |7 |\[i\], 667-792 |10 Aug 1903| |Index |\[1-26\] |1903| *Copies*: MO, NY, US(2), USDA. – Portland, Oregon had no type setter "who could set the type for such a book, and Mr. Howell learned the trade and set the type himself..." (Rydberg). The Hitchcock copy at US has a volume 1 t.p. with "A flora of northwhst \[sic\] America," all other copies seen by us lack this general t.p. for vol. I. This original t.p. also did not include the base line statement "Entered according to Act of Congress..." The dates are those given on the t.p.'s. Fasc. 3 was received at Washington D.C., on 25 Jul 1900. For an account of the troublesome history of the publishing of the book and E. L. Greene's financial and moral support see Lange (1955). Number of copies printed: 1000. The Howell-Greene correspondence is at Notre Dame (ND). See also the Portland *Morning Oregonian* of 25 Jan 1904 ("Work of a life time"). *Facsimile ed*.: FL-9490 Vaduz 1977. J. Cramer, in der A.R. Gantner Verlag Kommanditgesellschaft, ISBN 3-7682-1170-3, p. \[i-ii, t.p. and colophon reprint\], followed by facsimile including the t.p.'s of the various parts. *copy*: FAS. – See Taxon 27(1): 109. 1978. *Ref*.: P. A. R(ydberg), Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 24: 360-362. 1897, Torreya 4: 70-72. 1904. - Harshberger, J. W., Phytogr. survey North America 80. 1911 (Veget. Erde 13). - Thompson, Leaflets western Bot. 1: 183. 1935 (dates). - Lange, Madrõno 13: 1-4. 1955 (on the role of E. L. Greene in publishing the book).