> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 140](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33259644) of TL-2 Suppl. VII > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/2688-1) LSID 2688-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15998069) QID Q15998069 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Ferguson, Margaret Clay (1863-1951), American botanist, esp. interested in cytology, embryology and genetics, born 20 Aug 1863 in Orleans (Ontario Co.), New York, B.S. 1891 Wellesley College, Wellesley, Mass., Ph.D. 1901 Cornell Univ., Ithaca, New York, taught in public schools, then instructor for botany 1894-1896, 1901-1904, assoc. prof. 1904, prof. and head of dept. 1905-1930, research prof. 1930, dir. of gardens 1923-1932 and prof. emerita 1932, all Wellesley College, first female president B.S.A. 1929, died 28 Aug 1951 in San Diego, Calif. **Abbreviated name**: *M.C. Ferguson* \[standard form in IPNI: *M.C.Ferguson*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection WELC|WELC]] (orig., transfered to [[Collection NY|NY]] in 1988), duplicates [[Collection GB|GB]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection US|US]]. – The primary repository of her papers is [[Collection MO|MO]]; some corr. is in Cornell Univ. Library (George F. Atkinson papers) and a phot., at least, in [[Collection GH|GH]] (Archives). #### Bibliography and biography Ainsworth p. 209, 323; Amer. Men Sci. ed. 8: 764; APN p. 198; Barnhart 1: 535; BM 6: 330; Bossert p. 124; Ewan Pap. p. 68; Hirsch p. 82; IH 2: 184, 194; Kelly p. 77; Kew 2: 253; LS 8448-8450; Portr. 1: 61 (index), 3: 425; Rehder 2: 46; Tucker 3: 105. #### Biofile - \[Anon.?\], Wellesley alumnae quarterly 8: \[170\]-183. 1924; Intl. address book botanists: 467. 1931. - Dörfler, I., 1909. Botaniker-Adressbuch, ed. 3: 329. - Ferguson, M.C., 1925. Botany at Wellesley, 1875-1925, \[Wellesley, Mass.\] (Wellesley College). (n.v.) - Hart, S.C., 1932. Wellesley Mag. 16: 408-412. (portr.) - Mack, T.R., 1996. *In*, B.F. Shearer & B.S. Shearer (eds.), Notable women in the life sciences: a biographical dictionary, Westport, Conn. (Greenwood Press): 128-131. - Zanoni, T.A. & E.A. Whalen, 1995. Brittonia 47: 148-149. ### Publications ##### n.34.285. preliminary study **Title** A *preliminary study* of the *germination* of the *spores* of *Agaricus campestris* and other Basidiomycetous Fungi... Washington (Government Printing Office) 1902. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Prel. study germin. spores Agaricus campestris*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 14 Jun 1902 (issue date on cover-t.p., Nat. Nov. Oct (1) 1902), cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-43, *pl. 1-3* (uncol. draw. and phot.). *Copies*: B, BM(2), LC (n.v.), NY, US (n.v.), USDA-Mycol. Issued as U.S.D.A. Bur. Pl. Industr. Bull. no. 16. 1902. ##### n.34.286. Contributions **Title** *Contributions* to the *knowledge* of the *life history* of *Pinus* with special reference to sporogenesis, the development of the gametophytes and fertilization... Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences... 1904. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Contr. knowl. life hist. Pinus*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 10 Sep 1904 (date on p. 1), cover-t.p., p. 1-202, *pl. 1-24* (uncol. lith.). *Copies*: LC (n.v.), MO, NY(2), US. – Issued as Proc. Washington Acad. Sci. 6(1) on 14 Oct 1904. *Ref*.: Claussen, P., Bot. Zeitung, 2. Abt. 64 Abt. II(3): 41-42. 1 Feb 1906 (rev.). ##### n.34.287. cytological **Title** A *cytological* and *genetical study* of *Petunia*... Bull. Torrey Bot. Club... 1928. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 17 Jan 1928 (on cover & in journal), p. 657-664, *pl. 35-36* (uncol. micrograph.). *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted from Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 54(9): 657-664, *pl. 35-36.* 1928. *Note*: This is the first of six studies on *Petunia* by this author with other co-authors.