> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 817](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33190288) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/8459-1) LSID 8459-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21607290) QID Q21607290 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Robinson, John (1846-1925), American botanist; educated at Salem, Mass. and Harvard Univ., trustee of Peabody Museum at Salem. **Abbreviated name**: *J. Robinson* \[standard form in IPNI: *J.Rob.*\] #### Herbarium and types Some material at [[Collection A|A]], [[Collection L|L]] and [[Collection OXF|OXF]]. – Letter to W.G. Farlow at [[Collection FH|FH]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 165 (b. 13 Jul 1846, d. 29 Apr 1925); BL 1: 188, 315; BM 4: 1714; Clokie p. 233; CSP 18: 244, 11: 197; GR p. 240; Herder p. 271; IH 2: (files); Jackson p. 359; Kew 4: 488; PH 520 \[index\]; Rehder 5: 730; Tucker 1: 601-602. #### Biofile - Morse, A.P., Rhodora 31: 245-254. 1929 (obit., portr., bibl.). - Pease, A.S., Fl. N. New Hampshire 35, 36, 37, 40. 1964. - Robinson, J., Bull. Essex Inst. 12: 81-94. 1880 (on his predecessors). ### Publications ##### n.9299. Check list of the ferns of North America **Title** *Check list of the ferns of North America* north of Mexico... Salem, Mass. (The Naturalists' Agency) 1873. Oct. **Notes** *Ed*. (*1*): Apr 1873 (p. \[3\]: Feb 1873; see BSbF 20 (bibl.): 139. 1873), p. \[1-12, printed on one side\]. *Copies*: FI, HH, NY, USDA. – Two issues: thick and thin paper. *See also* Ferns of Essex County, Mass., Bull. Essex Inst. 7(3): 41-54. Mar 1875, 7: 147-148; 1875, 9: 98- 1877. *Ed. 2*: 1876 (p. \[3\]: 4 Jul 1876; TBC Dec 1876), p. \[1-13\] thick paper. *Copies*: NY(2), USDA; p. \[1-11\] thin paper. *Copies*: USDA. – Salem, Mass., (Peabody Academy of Science) 1876). ##### n.9300. Ferns **Title** *Ferns* in their homes and ours... Salem (S.E. Cassino,...) 1878. **Abbreviated title**: *Ferns*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1878 (p. x: 1 Jun 1878), frontisp., p. \[i\]-xvi, \[1\]-178, *pl. 1-21. Copy*: HH. ##### n.9301. The flora of Essex county **Title** *The flora of Essex county*, Massachusetts... Salem (Essex Institute) 1880. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. Essex Co.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1880 (TBC Feb 1881; Nat. Nov. Feb(2) 1881; Bot. Zeit. 25 Mar 1881), p. \[1\]-200. *Copies*: BR, FH, HH, NY, PH, US, USDA; IDC 7613. *Preliminary publ*.: Bull. Essex Inst. 12: 81-97. 1880. *Ref*.: Davenport, G.E., Bot. Gaz. 6(3): 187-188. Mar 1881 (rev.). - Goodale, G.L., Amer. J. Sci. Arts ser. 3. 21: 251. 1881 (rev.). - N.L., Bot. Zeit. 39: 199. 25 Mar 1881. ##### n.9302. The native woods of Essex County **Title** *The native woods of Essex County*, Massachusetts. An account of the general, distributions and uses, the determinations of the specific gravity, percentage of ash, strength, fuel value, etc., of the woods of the native trees of Essex county, as shown by tests upon specimens furnished by the Peabody Academy of Science... Salem, Mass. (printed for the Academy) 1885. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1885, p. \[i\], 103-137, 2 tables. *Copy*: FH. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. Rep. Trustees Peabody Acad. Sci. 1884: 101-137, 2 tables. Text extracted from Rep. Forests U.S. (C.S. Sargent), Rep. 10. Census US 1880, vol. 9. ##### n.9303. Our trees **Title** *Our trees*. A popular account of the trees in the streets and gardens of Salem, and of the natives trees of Essex County, Massachusetts, with the location of trees, and historical and botanical notes... Salem (printed by N.A. Horton and Son, office of the Salem Gazette) 1891. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Our trees*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1891 (p. \[3\]: Oct 1891; USDA rd 3 Feb 1892; J. Bot. Mar 1892, TBC 5 Mar 1892), p. \[i-iii\], \[1\]-120. *Copies*: US(2), USDA. – Letters to the Salem Gazette, collected by and published for the Essex Institute.