> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 388](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33068630) of TL-2 Vol. II > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/4309-1) LSID 4309-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18670678) QID Q18670678 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Irvine, Alexander (1793-1873), Scottish schoolmaster; educated at Aberdeen University; from 1851 at Chelsea. **Abbreviated name**: *Irvine* \[standard form in IPNI: *Irvine*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection MANCH|MANCH]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 2: 233; B B p. 163; BL 2: 255, 671; BM 2: 910; CSP 3: 498; Desmond p. 337; DNB 29: 48; IH 2: 302; Jackson p. 563 \[index\]; Kew 3: 120-121; PR 4499-4501 (ed. 1: 4957); Rehder 5: 422; SO 188, add. 188, 846a; Tucker 1: 363. - Anon., Flora 56: 304. 1873. - Druce, G. C, Fl. Northamptonshire cxv-cxvi. 1930; Fl. Buckinghamshire xcix. 1926. - Kent, D. H., Brit. herb. 61. 1956; Hist. fl. Middlesex 20. 1975. - Moore, S., *in* J. B. L. Warren (Lord de Tabley), Fl. Cheshire 1xxv. 1899. - Praeger, R. L., Proc. R. Irish Acad. 7: cxxv. 1901. - Salmon, C. E., Fl. Surrey 51-52. 1931. - Trimen, H.J. Bot. 10: 222. 1871, 11: 192, 222-223. 1873. #### Composite works Editor of *Phytologist* ser. 2, vols. 1-6, 1855-1863 ("not very successfully, as his style was cumbersome and tedious" Druce 1930); of *The Botanists' Chronicle* Feb 1864-Apr 1865, the latter a penny periodical devoted to the British flora. ### Publications ##### n.3192. The London flora **Title** *The London flora*; containing a concise description of the phaenogamous british plants, which grow spontaneously in the vicinity of the metropolis, with their localities; arranged in conformity to the natural system: also a Linnaean arrangement of all the indigenous british species. To which is prefixed a comprehensive introduction to the natural method, an account of classification, and a sketch of botanical geography... London (Smith, Elder and Co.,...) 1838. Duod. (in sixes). **Abbreviated title**: *London fl.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1838 (p. xiii: 22 Aug 1838), p. \[i\]-xvi, \[1\]-340. *Copies*: M, MO, NY. – BM has an interleaved copy with the author's later annotations (Britten 1921). *Ref*.: Britten, J. Bot. 59: 178-179. 1921. - De Crespigny, E. C, A new London flora, London 1877, xxiv, 179 p. ##### n.3193. The illustrated handbook of the British plants **Title** *The illustrated handbook of the British plants*... London (Thomas Nelson and Sons,...) 1858. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Ill. handb. Brit. pl.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1855-1858, in (five?) parts, contents and dates of which are unknown (t.p.: 1858), p. \[i\]-xxiv, \[1\]-840. *Copies*: G (incomplete, p. 1-224), HH, NY. — The fascicles are dated per month on each eighth page (p. 1: Mai 1855; p. 224: Aug 1858).