> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 742](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33068984) of TL-2 Vol. II > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/9397-1) LSID 9397-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2458459) QID Q2458459 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Lamson-Scribner, Frank (originally Franklin Pierce Lamson) (1851-1938); American agrostologist; at Girard College, Philadelphia (1877-1885); from 1885 at the U.S. Dept. Agriculture; L.L.D. h.c. Univ. Maine 1920. **Abbreviated name**: *Lams.-Scribn.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Scribn.*\] #### Herbarium and types main herbarium at [[Collection US|US]] (through A. S. Hitchcock); other material at [[Collection A|A]], [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection BPI|BPI]], [[Collection C|C]], [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection NY|NY]]. #### Name Also frequently alphabetized under Scribner, F. Lamson (e.g. CSP, IH). #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 2: 339; BL 1: 123, 184; BM 3: 1052; CSP 12: 669, 16: 575, 18: 650-651; IH 2: 408; Kew 3: 357; Langman p. 426-427; Lenley p. 363-364; LS 35774-35775; NW p. 57. - Anon., The Graphic 19 Nov 1892 (portr.); Orchard and Garden 1890 (Aug): 149 (portr.); Science 87: 206. 1938; Seattle Post Intellinger 11 Aug 1898 (portr.; copy at MO). - Blankinship, J. W., Montana Agric. Coll. Sci. Stud. 1(1): 10-11, 23-24. 1905. - Ewan, J., Rocky Mountain naturalists 301. 1950; Short hist. bot. U.S. 20, 83. 1969. - Harshberger, J. W., Bot. Philadelphia 358-360. 1899. - Kearney, T. H., Leaflets Western Bot. 8(12): 276. 1958. - Pennell, F. W., Bartonia 22: 18-19. 1943. - Rickett, H. W., Index Bull. Torrey bot. Club 89-90. 1955. - Rodgers, A. D., Amer. bot. 1873-1892, p. 116, 231-232, 239, 245, 250. 1944. - Verdoorn, F., Chron. bot. 4(3): 261. 1938, 5: 284. 1939 (portr.). - Woods, Science 88: 101-102. 1938. #### Composite works - (1) Translator (with Effie Almira Southworth, b. 1860, later Mrs. V. M. Spalding) of *The true grasses*, by E. Hackel, 1890, see no. 2231. - (2) See under L. H. Pammel for various agrostological papers under joint authorship. #### Eponymy *Scribneria* Hackel (1886). ### Publications ##### n.4162. The grasses of Tennessee **Title** *The grasses of Tennessee*... Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.A., 2 parts. 1892-1894. **Abbreviated title**: *Grasses Tennessee*. **Notes** *Part 1*: Apr 1892, Bull. Agric. Exp. Stat. Univ. Tennessee 5(2): \[27\]-119, *figs. 1-72*, \[p. 4 cover: corrections\]. *Part 2*: Jan 1894, ib. 7(1): \[i-ii\], \[1\]-141, *pl. 1-47*, \[err. on inside cover\]. *Copies*: MO, NY, US, USDA. ##### n.4163. American grasses **Title** Bulletin no. 7. U.S. Department of Agriculture. Division of agrostology. \[Grass and forage plant investigations.\] *American grasses*. (Illustrated.)... Washington (Government Printing Office) 1897. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Amer. grasses*. **Notes** *Ed*. \[*1*\]: Mai 1897 (statement by the editor, Arnold, in Hitchcock copy at US), p. \[1\]-331. *Copies*: L, US(2), USDA. – *Number* of copies printed: 1000. *Ed. 2*: Nov-Dec 1898 (submitted 22 Apr 1898), p. \[1\]-331. *Copies*: MO, NY, USDA. – Bulletin no. 7. Revised edition. U.S.... *American grasses* I. (Illustrated)... Washington (id.) 1898. Oct. *Ed. 3*: 1900 (submitted 21 Mar 1900), p. \[1\]-319, *fig. 1-302. Copies*: US, USDA. ##### n.4164. American grasses – II **Title** Bulletin no. 17. (Agros. 40.) U.S. Department of Agriculture. Division of Agrostology. \[Grass and Forage Plant Investigations.\] *American grasses – II*. (Illustrated.)... Washington (Government Printing Office) 1899. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Amer. grasses II*. **Notes** *Ed*. \[*1*\]: Tun 1899 (statement by editor, Arnold, in Hitchcock copy at US), p. \[1\]-349, *fig. 303-627. Copies*: MO, US, USDA. *Ed. 2*: 22 Mai 1901 (id.), p. \[1\]-349, *fig. 303-627. Copies*: NY, US, USDA. – Bulletin no. 17. (Revised edition) (Agros. 80)... Washington (id.) 1901. Oct. – Also with indication "(Agros. 79.)." ##### n.4165. American grasses – III **Title** Bulletin no. 20. (Agros. 60) U.S. Department of Agriculture. Division of Agrostology \[Grass and Forage plant investigations.\] *American grasses – III*. (Illustrated.) Descriptions of the tribes and genera... Washington (Government Printing Office) 1900. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Amer. grasses III*. **Notes** *Ed. 1*: 1900 (submitted 12 Jan 1900), p. \[1\]-197, *Fig. 1-137. Copies*: L, MO, US. *Ed. 2*: 1900 (submitted 1 Oct 1900), p. \[1\]-197, *fig. 1-137. Copy*: USDA. – Bulletin no. 20 (Revised) (Agros. 72.)... ##### n.4166. Studies on American grasses **Title** Bulletin no. 21. Agros. 61. U.S. Department of Agriculture. Division of Agrostology. \[Grass and Forage plant investigations.\] *Studies on American grasses*. The North American species of *Chaetochloa*... Washington (Government Printing Office) 1900. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Chaetochloa*. **Notes** *Co-author*: Elmer Drew Merrill (1876-1956). *Publ*.: 8 Mar 1900 (t.p.), p. \[1\]-i, *fig. 1-24. Copies*: G, USDA. ##### n.4167. Studies on American grasses **Title** Bulletin no. 24. U.S. Department of Agriculture. Division of Agrostology. \[Grass and forage investigations.\] *Studies on American grasses*. I. Some recent collections of Mexican grasses... II. Notes on Panicum nitidum... III. Miscellaneous notes... Washington (Government Printing Office) 1900 \[i.e. 1901\]. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Stud. Amer. grasses*. **Notes** *Co-authors*: (for i and ii:) Elmer Drew Merrill (1876-1956), (for iii:) Carleton Roy Ball (1873-1958). *Publ*.: 9 Jan 1901 (t.p., but imprint "1900"), p. \[1\]-55, *fig. 1-23. Copies*: MO, NY, USDA.