> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 461](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33333600) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/9390-1) LSID 9390-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11927850) QID Q11927850 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Scott, John (1838-1880), Scottish botanist and gardener; trained at Edinburgh; curator of the botanic garden Calcutta 1865-ca. 1879. **Abbreviated name**: *Jo. Scott* \[standard form in IPNI: *J.Scott*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection CAL|CAL]]; further material at [[Collection K|K]]. – Some letters at [[Collection K|K]]. #### Bibliography and biography AG 6(2): 294; Barnhart 3: 252; BB p. 271; CSP 5: 606, 8: 912, 11: 370, 12: 668-669; Desmond p. 547 (d. 10 Jun 1880); Langman p. 690; Morren, ed. 2, p. 38; Rehder 5: 789; SK 1: 480, 5: 85, 8: lxxxviii; Tucker 1: 642, 3: 275. #### Biofile - Anon., Bot. Not. 1881: 39 (d.); Bot. Zeit. 38: 543. 1880 (d.); Bull. Soc. bot. France 27 (bibl.): 231. 1881 (d.); Gard, chron. ser. 2. 13: 794. 1880 (d.). - Bor, N.L., Kew Bull. 1954(3): 453-460 (Royle's *Agrostis*). - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 42.6, 42.10. 1980. - Burkill, I.H., Gard. Bull. Strait Settlem. 4: 131. 1927 (on coll.); Chapters on the history of botany in India 131, 133, 136, 145, 168, 169. 1965. - Darwin, F, ed., More letters of Charles Darwin 1: 217-222. 1903, 2: 302-332. 1903 (corr. Scott-Darwin). - Gorrie, W., Trans. bot. Soc. Edinburgh 14: 160-161. 1883 (obit.). - Veendorp, H. & Baas-Becking, L.G.M., Hort. acad. lugd.-bot. 1587-1937, p. 129. 1938. ### Publications ##### n.11.562. Notes on the tree ferns of British Sikkim **Title** I. *Notes on the tree ferns of British Sikkim*, with descriptions of three new species, and a few supplemental remarks on their relations to Palms and Cycads. By John Scott, curator of the Royal Botanical Gardens, Calcutta... \[Trans. Linn. Soc., London 30, 1874\]. Qu. **Notes** *Publ*.: 4 Jul 1874 (read 17 Feb 1870), p. \[1\]-44, *pl. 1-18* (W.H. Fitch). *Copy*: BR. – Reprinted and to be cited from Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 1-44. 1874. ##### n.11.563. Untersuchungen über einige indische Loranthus-Arten **Title** *Untersuchungen über einige indische Loranthus-Arten* und über den Parasitismus von Santalum album... \[Bot. Zeit. 32, 1874\]. Qu. **Notes** *Translator and editor*: Hermann Maximilian Carl Ludwig Friedrich Graf zu Solms-Laubach (1842-1925). *Publ*.: 27 Feb, 6 Mar 1874 (in journal), col. \[1\]-14, \[15-16, colo.\]. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bot. Zeit. 32: 129-137. 27 Feb, 145-150. 6 Mar 1874. – "Im Auszuge mitgetheilt und theilweise übersetzt". In part translated from J. Agr. Hort. Soc. India 2(1): 257-296. 1871.