> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 697](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33333836) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/9805-1) LSID 9805-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3182477) QID Q3182477 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Smith, John (1798-1888), British gardener and pteridologist; gardener at the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh 1818, idem at Kew 1822, curator at Kew 1841-1864. **Abbreviated name**: *John Sm.* \[standard form in IPNI: *J.Sm.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection BM|BM]] (purchased 1865-1866). – Unpublished mss. (incl. an autobiography), *letters* and portraits at [[Collection K|K]]. – Some ferns from Kew also at [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection MASS|MASS]], [[Collection SFD|SFD]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 294; BB p. 281; BM 4: 1948; Bossert p. 373; CSP 5: 729, 8: 972; Desmond p. 568 (b. 5 Oct 1798, d. 14 Feb 1888); Herder p. 89, 144, 271; Hortus 3: 1204; IF p. 730-731; IH 2: (files); Jackson p. 20, 50, 150, 151, 241, 409, 412; Moebius p. 134, 140, 349; Morren ed. 10, p. 73; MW p. 459; NI 1863-1866; PR 8750, 8751; Rehder 5: 805; TL-2/5438; Tucker 1: 656; Urban-Berl, p. 323; Zander ed. 10, p. 718, ed. 11, p. 819. #### Biofile - Allen, D.E., The Victorian fern craze 4, 6, 60. 1969. - Anon., Ann. of Bot. 2: 429-430. 1888 (obit., bibl.).; Bonplandia 1: 217. 1853 (cogn. Leopoldina Kunze); Bot. Zeit. 22: 192. 1864 (retirement); Cottage Gard. 16: 15-17. 1856 (biogr. sketch, portr.); Flora 47: 413. 1864 (retirement), 50: 285. 1867 (BM acquired Smith fern herb.); Gard. Chron. 1865: 986 (offers herb. for sale), 1876: 363-365 (biogr. sketch, portr., bibl.), 1888: 216. (obit.); Gard. Mag. 1840: 590-594, 1842: 189; Gartenflora 13: 381-382. 1864 (retirement because of failing eye-sight); J. Bot. 2: 191-192. 1864 (note on retirement, brief bibl.), 3: 358. 1865 (fern herbarium for sale), 4: 336. 1866 (fern herbarium bought by BM); J. Hort. Cott. Gard. ser. 3. 12: 287. 1886; Proc. Linn. Soc. 1887-1888: 96-98. 1890 (obit.). - Baker, J.G., J. Bot. 26: 102-103. 1888 (obit.); Garden 33: 399. 1888 (obit.). - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 269.20, 262.25, 269-329. 1980. - Desmond, R.G.C., J. Kew Guild 8: 576-587. 1965 (biogr. sketch, portr., bibl.). - Hemsley, W.B., J. Kew Guild 1895: 27-28 (biogr. sketch); Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1914: 85-87. (Kew acquires mss. hist. of the gardens by John Sm.). - Holttum, R.E., Brit. Fern Gaz. 9(8): 330-334, *pl. 11*. 1967 (biogr., portr.); J. Kew Guild 9: 392-393. 1977. - Huxley, L., Life letters J.D. Hooker 1: 468, 2: 46, 48, 81, 82, 93. 1918. - Stieber, M.T. et al., Huntia 4(1): 87. 1981 (arch. mat. at HU). - Underwood, L.M., Torreya 5: 37-39. 1905. - Willis, G.M. & F.N. Hepper, Kew Bull. 1950(3): 307-310. (John Smith's account of early Kew). #### Composite works - (1) *Filices*, Lycopodiaceae, Equisetaceae and Marsiliaceae *in* B.C. Seeman, *Bot. Voy. Herald* 1852-1857, q.v. (p. 44, 236-243, 244, 337-344, 425-431. - (2) Contributed notes to C. Maron, *Fougères*, 1896, TL-25438. - (3) *An enumeration of ferns cultivated in the Royal Gardens at Kew*, in December 1845; with characters and observations on some of the genera and species *in* Comp. Bot. Mag. 3(2): 7-39. 1846. ### Publications ##### n.12.287. Cultivated ferns **Title** *Cultivated ferns*; or, a catalogue of exotic and indigenous ferns cultivated in British gardens, with characters of the genera, principal synonyms, etc.... London (William Pamplin,...) 1857. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Cult. ferns*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1857 (p. viii: Jun 1857; Bonplandia 15 Jun 1857: mss. compiled, to be published by Pamplin, Bot. Zeit. 15 Oct 1858; Kew J. Bot. Sep 1857), p. \[i\]-xii, \[1\]-84. *Copies*: BR, G, HH, MO, NY, USDA; IDC 7262. *Other issue*: 1864, p. \[i\]-xii, \[1\]-84. *Copies*: HH, PH. – London (Dulau & Co.,...) 1864. Oct. ##### n.12.288. An account of exotic cultivated ferns **Title** *An account of exotic cultivated ferns*, described by Smith & Th. Moore,... with general hints, on their culture, synopsis of genera and species (Polypodiaceae Grammitis to Platyloma) illustrated by fourty-four engravings... (unpublished) London. 1858. †. **Abbreviated title**: *Acc. exot. cult. ferns*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1858, p. \[1\]-4, G-56. *Copy*: NY. – Unfinished, ends in the middle of a sentence. ##### n.12.289. Ferns **Title** *Ferns*: *British & foreign*. Their history, organography, classification, and enumeration. With a treatise on their cultivation, etc. etc.... London (Robert Hardwicke,...) 1866. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Ferns Brit. for.* **Notes** *Ed*. \[*1*\]: Jun-Jul 1866 (p. xi: Mai 1866; J. Bot. Jul 1866), p. \[i\]-xi, \[xii, err.\], \[1\]-412. *Copies*: HH, MO, NY; IDC 7263. – *Reviews*: Bull. Soc. bot. France 14 (bibl.): 271-272. 1868; J. Bot. 4: 235-236. Jul 1866. *Ed*. \[*1*\], *other issue*: s.d., p. \[i\]-xi, \[1\]-412. *Copy*: B. – London (Robert Hardwicke,...) s.d. Oct. *Ed*. \[*2*\]: Jul-Aug 1877 (p. xi: Jul 1876; Bot. Zeit. 31 Aug 1877; J. Bot. Aug 1877), p. \[i\]-xv, \[1\]-450. *Copies*: HH, NY. – New and enlarged edition. London (Harwicke & Bogue,...) 1877. Oct. Oct. – Review: H. Trimen, J. Bot. 15: 314-315. Oct 1877. *Ed*. \[*2*\], *reissue*: 1879 (Nat. Nov. Nov(1) 1879), p. \[i\]-xv, \[1\]-450. *Copies*: B, MICH. – London (David Bogue,...) 1879. Oct. *Ed*. \[*2*\], *reissue*: 1895 or 1896 (t.p.: 1896; Bot. Centralbl. 23 Oct 1895 sic; Hedwigia Nov-Dec 1895, sic, both references cite 1895 as date of publication; Bot. Zeit. 1 Dec 1895), p. \[i\]-xv, \[1\]-450. *Copies*: HH, MO, NY, PH, USDA. – London (W.H. Allen & Co., ...) 1896. Oct. ##### n.12.290. Domestic botany **Title** *Domestic botany* an exposition of the structure and classification of plants; and of their uses for food, clothing, medicine and manufacturing purposes... London (L. Reeve and Co.) 1871. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Domestic bot.* **Notes** *Ed. 1*: 1871 (p. viii: Mar 1871; J. Bot. Sep 1871; Flora 7 Oct 1871; Bot. Zeit. 22 Sep 1871), p. \[i\]-xii, \[1\]-547, \[548\], *pl. 1-16. Copies*: LC, Univ. Illinois. *Ed. 2*: Jan 1883 (Bot. Zeit. 30 Mar 1883; Nat. Nov. Feb(2) 1883), p. \[i\]-xii, \[1\]-547, *pl. 1-16* (uncol. liths. W.H. Fitch). *Copy*: USDA (lacks *pl. 12*). *Ref*.: K.E.M., J. Bot. 10: 28-30 Jan 1872 (rev.). ##### n.12.291. Historia filicum **Title** *Historia filicum*; an exposition of the nature, number, and organography of ferns, and review of the principles upon which genera are founded, and the systems of classification of the principal authors, with a new general arrangement; characters of the genera; remarks on their relationship to one another; their species; reference to authors; geographical distribution; etc. etc. with 30 lithographic plates, by W.H. Fitch,... illustrating the characters of the tribes... London (Macmillan & Co.) 1875. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Hist. fil.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Oct-Dec 1875 (p. viii: Sep. 1875; J. Bot. Dec 1875), p. \[i\]-xiv, \[xv\], \[1\]-429, *pl. 1-12, 13a, 13b, 14-29* (uncol. liths. W.H. Fitch). *Copies*: B-S, G, HH, MO, NY, PH; IDC 5164. ##### n.12.292. Bible plants **Title** *Bible plants*: their history, with a review of the opinions of various writers regarding their identification... London (Hardwicke and Bogue,...) \[1878\]. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Bible pl.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1878 (p. ix: Dec 1877), p. \[i\*-v\*\], \[i\]-ix, \[1\]-256, \[257, err.\], *pl. 1-10* (uncol. liths. W.H. Fitch). *Copies*: G, HH, NY. ##### n.12.293. A dictionary of popular names of the plants **Title** *A dictionary of popular names of the plants* which furnish the natural and acquired wants of man, in all matters, of domestic and general economy their history, products, & uses... London (Macmillan and Co.) 1882. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Dict. pop. names pl.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Jun-Jul 1882 (p. ix: Mai 1882; Bot. Centralbl. 24-28 Jul 1882 (announcement?); J. Bot. Aug 1882; Bot. Zeit. 27 Oct 1882; Nat. Nov. Jul(3) 1882), p. \[i\]-ix, \[1\]-457. *Copies*: G, HH, MO, NY, PH, USDA. *Ref*.: Hanausek (Krems), Bot. Centralbl. 13(4): 129-133. 15-19 Jan 1883 (rev.; critical).