> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 163](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33068405) of TL-2 Vol. II > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/3859-1) LSID 3859-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q703925) QID Q703925 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Henslow, John Stevens (1796-1861), British clergyman, botanist and mineralogist at Cambridge (1822, 1825); vicar of Cholsey, Berks. (1832), then rector of Hitcham (1837). **Abbreviated name**: *J. Hensl.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Hensl.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection CGE|CGE]] and Saffron Waldon Museum (fide BB); further material at [[Collection AK|AK]], [[Collection GL|GL]], [[Collection IPS|IPS]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection NTN|NTN]], [[Collection OXF|OXF]], [[Collection P|P]]. Letters at [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection K|K]], and Fitzwilliam Museum (Cambridge). #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 2: 161; BB p. 145-146; BL 1: 95, 301, 2: 266, 667; BM 2: 826; Bossert p. 172; Clokie p. 181; CSP 3: 296, 12: 326; Desmond p. 303; DNB 26: 135; DSB 6: 288-289; Hortus 3: 1195 ("Hensl."); IH 2: 270; Jackson p. 558 \[index\]; Kew 2: 650-651; Langman p. 359; Lenley p. 221; LS 12079-12082; MW p. 175; NI 2222, 2224; PR 3977-3980 (ed. 1: 4374-4377); Quenstedt p. 197; Rehder 5: 384; Tucker 1: 335, 776; Zander ed. 10, p. 669-670. - Allan, M., The Hookers of Kew 239 \[index\]. 1967. - Anon., Bull. Soc. bot. France 8: 293. 1861, 9: vii. 1862; Gard. Chron. 1861: 505-506, 527-528, 551-552. 1861; Proc. Linn. Soc. London 1860/61: xxv-xli. 1861. - Babington, C. C., Mem., Journ. bot. corr. 472 \[index\]. 1897. - Balfour, Trans. bot. Soc. Edinburgh 7(1): 196-200. 1861. - Barlow, N., ed. Darwin and Henslow, the growth of an idea. Letters 1831-1860. Bentham-Moxon Trust, John Murray, London 1967, xii, 251 p., map, *8 pl*., also: Univ. of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles, 1967. - Bennett, East Anglian Magazine 33(12): 632-634. 1974 (portr.). - Druce, G. C., F1. Berkshire clxiv-clxv. 1897. - Henslow, G., J. Roy. Hort. Soc. 38: 220-224. 1913 (Portr.); also: *in* Oliver, F. W., Makers Brit. bot. 151-163, 225, 275. 1913 (portr.). - Huxley, L., Life letters J. D. Hooker 2: 538-539 \[index\]. 1918. - Jenyns, L. (Leonard Blofield), Memoir of the Rev. John Stevens Henslow. London 1862, ix, 278 p., portr. (by H's brother-in-law). - Kent, D. H., Brit. herbaria 59. 1957. - Martin, Trans. Suff. Nat. Soc. 13(6): 406-408. 1967. - Milner, J. D., Cat. portr. Kew 60. 1906. - Schlechtendal, D. F. L. von, Bot. Zeit. 19: 256. 1861. - Smyth, Quart. J. geol. Soc. London 18(1): xxxv-xxxvii. 1862. - Trimen, H., J. Bot. 16: 382. 1878. - Wittrock, V. B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(3): 79. 1905. - Woodward, H. B., Hist. geol. Soc. London 240. 1907 (n.v.). #### Composite works Co-editor (with B. Maund) of *The Botanist*, London 1837-1846, vol. 1-5, †. #### Eponymy *Henslowia* Wallich (1831-1832); *Henslowia* Blume (1850). ### Publications ##### n.2657. A catalogue of British plants **Title** *A catalogue of British plants*, arranged according to the natural system, with the synonyms of de Candolle, Smith, and Lindley... Cambridge (Printed by James Hodson ...) 1829. Oct. (in fours). **Abbreviated title**: *Cat. Brit. pl.* **Notes** *Ed. 1*: 1829, p. \[1\], \[1\]-40. *Copies*: G, HH. *Ed. 2*: 1835 (p. iii: Jun 1835), p. \[i-vi\], columns 1-108, p. \[109\]-115. *Copies*: HH, NY. – "Second edition." Cambridge (printed by W. Metcalfe,...) 1835. Oct. (in fours). ##### n.2658. The principles of descriptive & physiological botany **Title** *The principles of descriptive & physiological botany*. London (published by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green... and John Taylor) 1835. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Princip. bot.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1835, front., p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-322. *Copy*: US. – Other t.p.: "*The cabinet encyclopaedia*... Natural history. Descriptive and physiological Botany." (vol. 75.). ##### n.2659. A dictionary of botanical terms **Title** *A dictionary of botanical terms*... Illustrated by nearly two hundred cuts. London (Groombridge and Sons) s.d. Oct. (in fours). **Abbreviated title**: *Dict. bot. terms*. **Notes** *Orig. ed*.: issued in small parts with *The botanic garden* and *The botanist*. (Dates unknown: BM has 1837?-1851?, PR "1850", first review by BSbF Jul-Aug 1856), p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-218. *Copy*: MO. *New "edition"* (reissue): London (id.) s.d., publ. 1858, p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-218. *Copies*: NY, US, USDA. A further new "edition" came out in 1891, London (Newman) (Nat. Nov. Jan (1). 1892) (n.v.). ##### n.2660. Flora of Suffolk **Title** *Flora of Suffolk*: a catalogue of the plants (indigenous or naturalized,) found in a wild state in the county of Suffolk; by the rev. J. S. Henslow,...and Edmund Skepper... London (Simpkin & Marschall), Bury St. Edmund's (Jackson and Frost) s.d. \[1860\]. Duod. (in sixes). **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. Suffolk*. **Notes** *Co-author*: Edmund Skepper (1825-1867), druggist at Harwich and Bury St. Edmund's. *Publ*.: 1860 (p. viii: 4 Jun 1860), p. \[i\]-x, \[1, h.t.\], \[1\]-139. *Copy*: NY. – According to Martin (1967), Henslow's name was included as co-author without his consent.