> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 265](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33264992) of TL-2 Suppl. I > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/395-1) LSID 395-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q152366) QID Q152366 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] > [!example] See also [[Bailey, Liberty Hyde|first entry]] for this author ### Author \* Bailey, Liberty Hyde (1858-1954), American horticulturist and botanist, educated at Michigan Agricultural College; B.S. 1882, professor of horticulture and landscape gardening at Michigan State (Agricult.) College 1885, M.S. ib. 1886, professor of practical and experimental horticulture at Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. 1888-1903, second director of the College of Agriculture ib. 1903, dean of the New York State College of Agriculture and director of ib. experiment station 1904, founder, and donor of the Bailey Hortorium. **Abbreviated name**: *L.H. Bailey* \[standard form in IPNI: *L.H.Bailey*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection BH|BH]]. − Further material in [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection BUF|BUF]], [[Collection C|C]], [[Collection CU|CU]], [[Collection F|F]], [[Collection FLA|FLA]], [[Collection HH (sensu TL-2)|HH]], [[Collection IAC|IAC]], [[Collection ILL|ILL]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection LCU|LCU]], [[Collection MICH|MICH]], [[Collection MIN|MIN]], [[Collection MSC|MSC]], [[Collection NH|NH]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection OKLA|OKLA]], [[Collection PH|PH]], [[Collection TEX|TEX]], [[Collection US|US]]. #### Bibliography and biography Backer p. 51; Barnhart 1: 105 (b. 15 Mar 1858, South Haven, Mich., d. 25 Dec 1954, Ithaca, N.Y.); BFM 2986, 2987; BJI 2: 6; BL 1: 141, 142, 2: 10, 11; BM 1: 86, 6: 48-49; Bossert p. 21; CSP 12: 36, 13: 239; DSB 1: 395-397 (by A.D. Rodgers III); Hortus 3: 1187; IH 2: 49; Kew 1: 122-123; Langman p. 102-103; Lenley p. 13-15; LS 1203, 1545-1549, 7422, 30.768-30.779, 30.938; Morren ed. 10, p. 122; MW p. 25-26; MW suppl. p. 19; NW p. 39; Plesch p. 131; TL-2/1: 94-96, see G.J. Mendel, A. Rehder, A.D. Rodgers and no. 6342; Tucker 1: 50-51, 764; Zander ed. 10, p. 630, ed. 11, p. 716. #### Biofile - Anon., Torreya 35(4): 114. 1935 (L.H. Bailey donates his herbarium and library to Cornell University, to be known as the Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium); Bull. Amer. Iris Soc. 144: 96-97. 1957. - Bates, D.M., Ass. Syst. Coll. Newsletter 6: 5-6. 1978 (Bailey Hortorium and Wiegand Herbarium consolidated as of 1 Jul 1977, now part of Biology Dept. Cornell; 800.000 specimens). - Bicknese, M., Cornell Countryman 75(1): 16-17. 1977 (biogr. info.). - Bowers, W.L., Baileya 18(4): 145-159. 1973, 21(4): 158-164. 1982 (on B's philosophy of the "Holy Earth"). - Cox, E.H.M., Plant hunting in China 195. 1986. - Day et al., Words said about a birthday, addresses in recognition of the ninetieth anniversary of the natal day of Liberty Hyde Bailey, Cornell University 29 Apr 1948, 36 p. (copy at NY). - Dorf, Ph., Liberty Hyde Bailey, an informal biography, Cornell Univ. Press, s.d., xii, 259 p. - Ek, R.C., Flora of the Guianas, suppl. ser. 1: 24. 1990 (coll.). - Fogg, J.M., Jr., Bartonia 49: 70-71. 1983 (reminiscences). - Goulding, J.H., Rec. Auckland Inst. Mus. 11: 105-117. 1974. - Hall, N., Bot. Eucalypts 11-12. 1978. - Heinle, C.H., Flower Grower Jul 1948, p. 541, 567-568, 570. 1948 (horticultural achievements, portraits). - Humphrey, H.B., Makers N. Amer. Bot. 10-15. 1961. - Irving, A.J., Baileya 6: 40-46. 1958 (impact on amateur gardener). - Jiménez Olavarrieta, J. de J., Dr. José de Jesus Jimenez 277-280. 1984. - Jones, K.C., Mich. Acad. 9: 261-264. 1977 (biogr. data on e.g. B.). - Larson, O.F., Baileya 6: 10-21. 1958 (impact on rural life). - Lawrence, G.H.M., J. Heredity 40(9): 241-242. 1949 (on B's role in the rediscovery of Mendel by Hugo de Vries); Baileya 3: 26-40. 1955 (obit., degrees, honours, societies, bibl. of books, encyclopedic and directory works, portr., b. 15 Mar 1858, South Haven, Mich., d. 25 Dec 1954, Ithaca, N.Y.), 4(1): 1-9. 1957; Nature 175: 451. 1955; Bull. Torrey bot. Club 82(4): 300-305. 1955 (portr.). - Lenz, L.W., Aliso 9(1): 141 \[index\]. 1977 (on B. and the Rancho Santa Ana Bot. Gard.). - MacDaniels, L.H., The Cornell Plantations 31(1): 9-12. 1975 (personal reminiscences). - Merrill, E.D., Chron. bot. 14(5/6): 280, 281. 1954 (Botany Cook's Voy.). - Moon, M.H., Baileya 6(1): 1-9. 1958 (bot. expl.). - Nelmes, E. and D.C. Cuthbertson, Curtis's Bot. Mag. Dedic. 1827-1927: 396-398. 1932 (portr.). - Palmer, Nature Mag. 51: 137-145. 1958. - Roberts, I.P., Cornell Alumni News 5(22): p. \[1\]. 1903 (biogr. sketch, portr.). - Rodgers, A.D., Amer. Bot. 1873-1892. \[see index\]. 1944; Liberty Hyde Bailey, Princetown 1949 (facs. ed. New York 1965; major biography); Bernard Eduard Fernow \[see index\]. 1951. - Rossiter, M.W., Women Scientists in America 64-65, 185 (but see also entries for Florence Meriam Bailey). 1982. - Smit, P. and R.J.Ch.V. ter Laage (eds.), Essays in Biohistory (Regn. veg. 71). 105, 241, 250, 267, 268, 273, 275, 291. 1970. - Sutton, S.B., Charles Sprague Sargent 372 \[index\]. 1970. - Trowbridge, R.L., (ed.), Mich. Academician 9(3): 274-277. 1977. - Tuckey, H.B., Sr., Chron. Hortic. 9(3): 59-61. 1969 (e.g. portr. birthplace). - Verdoorn, F., (ed.), My great oak tree and other poems by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Waltham, Mass. 1952, 16 p. - Voss, E.G., Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 13: 38, 88-89. 1978. - Voss, E.G. and C.E. Crow, Michigan Bot. 15(1): 3-70. 1976 (Across Michigan by covered wagon... 1888). #### Eponymy (see TL-2/1: 95), addition: The *L.H. Bailey Hortorium*, Ithaca, N.Y. ### Publications ##### n.19.934. A list of ornamental plants **Title** *A list of ornamental plants* which are hardy in *Michigan*. Prepared for a class in landscape gardening,... Lansing (L. Thompson,...) 1887. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *List ornam. pl. Mich.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1 Jul 1887 (date on t.p.), p. \[1\]-13. *Copy*: NY. ##### n.19.935. A catalogue of North American Carices **Title** *A catalogue of North American Carices*. Compiled as an exchange list, a check list for herbaria, and as a contribution to American caricography... Cambridge, Mass.... 1884. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Cat. N. Amer. Caric.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1 Apr 1884 (date on p. \[1\]), p. \[1\]-4. *Copy*: MO. *Supplement*: 1 Mai 1884 (date on p. \[1\]), p. \[1\]. *Copy*: MO. ##### n.19.936. A preliminary synopsis of North American Carices **Title** *A preliminary synopsis of North American Carices*, including those of Mexico, Central America, and Greenland, with the American bibliography of the genus... \[Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sci.... 1887\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Apr 1886 (in journal), p. 59-157, \[i\]-v (index). *Copies*: G, NY. − Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sci. 22: 59-157. 1886. NOTE: Bailey published lavishly on *Carex* between 1884 and 1898 of which a small number is treated below. *Notes on Carex* in *Bot. Gaz.* 9-10: 117-122, 137-141, 203-208, 293-296, 317-349, 379-382. 1884-1885, 11: 328-330. 1886, 13: 82-89. 1888, 21: 1-8. 1896, 25: 270-272. 1898; in *Mem. Torrey bot. Club* 1(1). 1889 (see below), in *Bot. Gaz.* 17: 148-153 . 1892, in *Bull. Torrey bot. Club* 16: 218-220. 1889, 17: 61-64. 1890, 20: 417-426. 1893. ##### n.19.937. Carex notes **Title** *Carex notes* from the *British Museum*... Reprinted from the Journal of Botany... 1888. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Nov 1888 (in journal), p. \[1\]-3. *Copy*: B. − Reprinted and to be cited from J. Bot. 26: 321-323. 1888. ##### n.19.938. Studies of the types of various species of **Title** *Studies of the types of various species of* the genus *Carex*... Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club... 1889. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Stud. types Carex*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 25 Mai 1889 (date in journal), cover, p. \[1\]-85. *Copies*: B, G. − Issued with independent pagination as Mem. Torrey bot. Club 1(1). 1889. − Number 11 in the series of *Notes on Carex*. ##### n.19.939. Cross-breeding and hybridizing **Title** *Cross-breeding and hybridizing*. The philosophy of the crossing of plants, considered with reference to their improvement under cultivation; with a brief bibliography of the subject ... New York (The Reveal Publishing Company) 1892. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Cross-breed. hybridiz.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1892, p. \[1\]-44. *Copy*: U. ##### n.19.940. The survival of the unlike **Title** *The survival of the unlike*. A collection of evolution essays suggested by the study of domestic plants... New York (The Macmillan Co.), London (Macmillan & Co., Ltd.). 1896. **Abbreviated title**: *Survival unlike*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Sep-Nov 1896 (p. 109 preface 1 Sep 1896; Bot. Zeit. 16 Dec 1896), p. \[i-v\], \[1\]-515. *Copies*: MO, NY. *Ref*.: Anon., Bot. Gaz. 22(6): 500-501. 24 Dec 1896 (rev.). - Gerard, J., J. Bot. 35: 107-108. 1897 (rev.). ##### n.19.941. Lessons with plants **Title** *Lessons with plants*. Suggestions for seeing and interpreting some of the common forms of vegetation... New York (The MacMillan Company...), London (Macmillan & Co., Ltd.). 1898. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Lessons pl.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Jan-Feb 1898 (p. xvii signed Ithaca, 1 Nov 1897; Bot. Centralbl. 3 Mar 1898), p. \[i\]-xxxi, \[1\]-491. *Copies*: L, MO. − Illustrations by W.S. Holdsworth. *Abbreviated version*: *First lesson with plants*... New York (The MacMillan Company) 1898, 117 p. ##### n.19.942. Sketch of the evolution of our native fruits **Title** *Sketch of the evolution of our native fruits*... New York (The Macmillan Company...), London (Macmillan & Co., Ltd.) 1898. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Sketch evol. fruits*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1898 (preface dated Munich, Germany 15 Apr 1898), p. \[i-ii, portr.\], \[iii\]-xiii, \[1\]-472, "fig." 2 folded between p. 24-25, other figs. on unnumbered pages. *Copies*: MO, NY, U. *Ed. 2*: 1906, p. \[i\]-xiii, \[1\]-472. *Copy*: NY. ##### n.19.943. The cultivated evergreens **Title** *The cultivated evergreens*. A handbook of the coniferous and most important broad-leaved evergreens planted for ornament in the United States and Canada... New York (The Macmillan Company...) 1923. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Cult. evergreens*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1923 (preface 1 Mai 1923), p. \[i\]-xvii, \[1\]-434, *pl. 1-43.* *Copy*: MO. *Follow-up*: 1933, as *The cultivated conifers*... 1933, q.v. ##### n.19.944. Rubus **Title** *Rubus*: Enumeration of the Eubati (dewberries and blackberries) native in North America... Ithaca, New York 1925. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Rubus*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 23 Oct 1925, p. \[i\], 203-300. *Copies*: G, U. − Issued as Gentes Herbarum 1(5), 1925. ##### n.19.945. Statements on the systematic study of variables **Title** *Statements on the systematic study of variables*... Reprint,... Proc. Int. Congr. Pl. Sci. 1929. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: late 1929 (read 17 Aug 1929), p. 1427-1432. *Copy*: L. − Reprinted, with a correction, from vol. ii of the Proceedings of the International Congress of Plant Sciences, 1929. ##### n.19.946. Hortus **Title** *Hortus*. A concise dictionary of gardening, general horticulture and cultivated plants in North America... New York (The Macmillan Company) 1930. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Hortus*. **Notes** *Co-author*: Ethel Zoe Bailey (1889-x). *Ed. 1*: Dec 1930, p. \[i-ii\], frontisp., \[1\]-652. *Copy*: U. *Further editions*: New edition with supplement, Feb 1935, new edition, revised and reset, Apr 1941, reprinted Jan 1946, Jan, Oct 1947, Mai 1949 "Hortus second." ##### n.19.947. Palms **Title** *Palms*, and their characteristics... Ithaca, New York... 1933. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Palms*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 15 Mar 1933, cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-29. *Copies*: B, U. − Issued as Gentes Herbarum 3(1). 1933. ##### n.19.948. cultivated conifers **Title** The *cultivated conifers* in *North America* comprising the pine family and the taxads. Successor to The cultivated evergreens... New York (The Macmillan Company) 1933. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Cult. conif. N. Amer.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1933, p. \[i\]-ix, \[1\]-404, *ills. 1-48.* *Copy*: MO. ##### n.19.949. How plants get their names **Title** *How plants get their names*... New York (The Macmillan Company) 1933. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *How plants get their names*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1-12 Mai 1933 (date on p. \[ii\]); copy MO rd. 13 Mai 1933), p. \[i\]-vi, \[1\]-209. *Copies*: L, MO.