> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 308](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33355395) of TL-2 Vol. III > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/6135-1) LSID 6135-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1397162) QID Q1397162 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Marshall, Humphry (1722-1801), American Quaker, botanist, dendrologist, farmer, operator of a grist mill; county treasurer; owner of a commercial botanic garden near present Marshallton, Pa.; correspondent of John Fothergill; cousin of John Bartram. **Abbreviated name**: *Marsh.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Marshall*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection DWC|DWC]]; some further material at [[Collection BM|BM]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 2: 451; BB p. 207; BM 3: 1246, 7: 800; DAB (by M. P. Smith); Dawson p. 582-583; Desmond p. 422; Dryander 3: 209-210; Frank 3(Anh.): 62; Henrey 2: 293; Herder p. 464; Hortus 3: 1199 ("Marsh."); HU 674, 694; IH 1 (ed. 6): 361, 2: 505; Jackson p. 359; Kew 3: 598; ME 2: 445, 446, 3: 354, 454; Plesch p. 326; PR 5834 (ed. 1: 6534-6535); Rehder 5: 547; SO add. 724\*; Sotheby 502; TL-2/1: 1312; Tucker 1: 462; Zander ed. 10, p. 689, ed. 11, p. 785 (b. 10 Oct 1722, d. 5 Nov 1811) Allibone, S. A., Crit. dict. Engl. lit. Brit. Amer, authors 1226. 1870. - Anon., Bull. mise. Inf. Kew 1915: 309; Sixth annual hist, eommemor. Chester County hist. Soc. Marshallton, 27. Sep 1913, program (in memory of H. Marshall). - Barnhart, J. H., Torreya 9: 246. 1909. - Belden, Winterthur Portfolio 2: 107-126. 1965. - Darlington, W., Reliq. Balwin. 8, 99, 278, 279, 281. 1843; Memorials of John Bartram and Humphry Marshall 1849 (biogr. p. 485-493) (TL-2/1312); Bull. Torrey bot. Club 6: 49-50. 1875; see also W. J. Hooker, J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 2: 62-64. 1850. - Dawson, W. R., Banks letters 582-583. 1958. - Ewan, J., J. Soe. Bibl. nat. Hist. 3(5): 263-272. 1957 (analytical index to Darlington's Memorials); *in*F. Pursh, Fl. Amer. sept. facs. repr. 1979, introd. p. 20. - Ewan, J. et al., Short hist. bot. U.S. 4, 34, 132, 148. 1969. - Fussell, G. E., More old English farming books 119. 1948. - Graustein, J. E., Thomas Nuttall 26, 29, 88, 374. 1967. - Harshberger, J. W., Bot. Philadelphia 77-85, 449. 1899. - Harshberger, J. W. et al., Bull. Chester County Hist. Soc., Excercises in memory of Humphry Marshall and William Darlington at Marshallton, Pa. September 27, 1913, publ. 1914, 33 p. - Hedriek, P., Hist, hortic. America 92, 422. 1950. - Hindle, Brook, Pursuit sci. revol. Ameriea 402 \[index\]. 1956. - Humphrey, H. B., Makers N. Amer. bot. 166-168. 1961. - Kelly, H. A., Some Amer. med. botanists 14, 19. 1929. - Lubrecht, H., Early American bot. Works, Stechert Hafner catal. 353: 38, 41. 1967. - Mears, J. A., Proe. Amer, philos. Soc. 122: 169. 1978 (material in Muhlenberg herb., PH). - Parker, L., Morton Arbor. Quart. 12(1): 10-11. 1976. - Pennell, F. W., Bull. Friends hist. Ass. 24: 77-82. 1935; Bartonia 21. 40. 1942. - Pursh, F., Fl. Amer, sept 1: vi-vii. 1814. - Sargent, C. S., Garden & Forest 6: 461-462. 1893; Silva 8: 39. 1895. - Stafleu, F. A., Taxon 17: 76-78. 1968 (on "Memorials"). #### Eponymy According to several sources *Marshallia*Schreber (1791, *nom. cons.*) was dedicated to H. Marshall, but Schreber himself does not give a derivation of the name. According to correspondence between G. H. E. Muhlenberg (q.v.) and Moses Marshall, cited for instance by J. W. Harshberger, Botanists Philadelphia (1899, p. 103-104), the dedicatee was Moses Marshall (1758-1813), American botanist, nephew of and assistant to Humphry Marshall. The derivation of *Marshallia*J. F. Gmelin (1791, *nom. rej.*) could not be established. *Marshallocereus*C. Backeberg (1950) commemorates William Taylor Marshall (1886-1957), American botanist, specialist in the Cactaceae. *Marshallfieldia*Macbride (1929) commemorates Captain Marshall Field (fl. 1920) who sponsored several botanical expeditions to Peru. ### Publications ##### n.5457. Arbustrum americanum **Title** *Arbustrum americanum*: the American grove, or, an alphabetical catalogue of forest trees and shrubs, natives of the American United States, arranged according to the Linnaean system. Containing, the particular distinguishing characters of each genus, with plain, simple and familiar descriptions of the manner of growth, appearance, &c. of their several species and varieties. Also, some hints of their uses in medicine, dyes, and domestic oeconomy. Compiled from actual knowledge and observation, and the assistance of botanical authors, by Humphry Marshall. Philadelphia (printed by Joseph Crukshank...) 1785. Oct. (in fours). **Abbreviated title**: *Arbust. amer.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Dec 1785 (Ewan 1967), p. \[i\]-xx, \[1\]-174. *Copies*: BM (Bloomsbury), HU (2), NY, US, USDA; IDC 7587. *Facsimile ed*.: New York and London (Hafner Publishing Company) 1967, Classica botanica americana vol. 1, with introduction (p. v- xii) by J. Ewan, and followed by a facsimile of the French translation (see below). *Copies*: FAS. – Title corrected to "Arbustum..." *French ed*.: "*Catalogue alphabétique des arbres et arbrissaux*, qui croissent naturellement dans les Etats-Units de l'Amérique septentrionale, arrangés selon le systême de Linné; contenant les caractères particuliers qui distinguent les genres auxquels ils sont rapportés, avec des descriptions claires & familières de leur manière de croître, de leur forme extérieure, & c., leurs différentes espèces & variétés: on y fait aussi mention de leurs usages en médecine, & de leur emploi dans les teintures & l'économie domestique. Traduit de l'anglais, de M. Humphry Marshall, avec des notes & observations sur la culture; par M. Lézermes, adjoint à la direction des pépinières du roi. Paris (Chez Cuchet...) 1788. Oct. (*Cat. alph. arbr.*). *Translator*: Lézermes, assistant arborist to the King of France; no other details known. *Publ*.: 1788 (priv. 16 Apr 1788), p. \[i\]-vii, \[viii\], \[i\]-xxvi \["xxil"\], \[1\]-278, \[1-2, priv.; 1, err.\]. *Copies*: G, HU, MO, NY, USDA. 3*German ed*.: 1788, n.v. – "*Beschreibung der wildwachsenden Bäume*und Staudengewächse in den *Vereinigten Staalen*von Nordamerika... Aus dem Englischen mit Anmerkungen und Zusätzen durch C. F. Hoffmann, Leipzig 1788. (*Beschr. Bäume Ver. Stat.*) – *Translator*: Carl Friedrich Hoffmann. *Ref*.: Anon., Mon. Rev. 79: 74. 1786\[?\] (rev.).