> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 226](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33355313) of TL-2 Vol. III > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/12671-1) LSID 12671-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2368799) QID Q2368799 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author McKelvey, Susan Adams (née Delano \[Mrs. Charles Wylie McKelvey, 1907\]) (1883-1964), American botanist, horticulturist, and botanical historian. **Abbreviated name**: *McKelv.* \[standard form in IPNI: *McKelvey*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection A|A]]; duplicates see IH. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 2: 427; BJI 2: 109; Hortus 3: 1199 ("McKelv."); IH 2: 483; Langman p. 492; Lenley p. 275; MW p. 315; Pennell p. 613; Zander ed. 10,p. 690, ed. 11, p. 787. - Ewan, J., Rocky Mt. Natural. 267. 1950; Rhodora 59: 181-184. 1957 (rev., with addenda, of her Bot.Expl. Trans-Mississippi West, 1955). - Ewan, J. et al., Short hist. bot. U.S. 20. 1969. - Howard, R. A., J. Arnold Arb. 46: 45-47. 1965 (obit., bibl., b. 13 Mar 1883, d. 11 Jul 1964). - Sutton, S.B., Charles Spraque Sargent 188-189, 340. 1970. #### Note Mrs McKelvey's most important contribution to the history of botany and exploration is her *Botanical exploratium of the trans-mississippi West 1790-1850*, xl, 1144 p. Jamaica Plain 1955 (see e.g. Ewan 1957). ### Publications ##### n.5184. The lilac **Title** *The lilac* a monograph... New York (The Macmillan Company) 1928. **Abbreviated title**: *Lilac*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1928 p. ix: Jul 1928)), front., p. \[i\]-xvi, \[1\]-581, *pl. 1-171* (incl. front *172 pl.*), 4 color charts. *Copies*: G, NY, USDA. – Other imprint (copy: G): "Macmillan and Co., Limited, St. Martin's Street, London." *Ref*.: Rendle, A. B., J. Bot. 68: 59-60. 1930. - Boynton, K. R., J. New York Bot. Gard. 30: 284-285. 1929. ##### n.5185. Yuccas of the Southwestern United States **Title** *Yuccas of the Southwestern United States*... Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (The Arnold Arboretum...) 1938-1947, 2 vols. **Abbreviated title**: *Yuccas Southw. U.S*. **Notes** *Part 1*: 1938 (Nat. Nov Feb 1939; BR rd. 12 Aug 1938), p. \[1\]-150, *pl. 1-80* (photos). *Part 2*: 1947, p. \[1\]-192, *pl. 1-65* (photos). *Copies*: BR, G, MICH, NY, US.