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### Author
McMinn, Howard Earnest (1891-1963), American botanist, dendrologist and horticulturist; professor of botany in Mills College, Oakland, Calif.
**Abbreviated name**: *McMinn* \[standard form in IPNI: *McMinn*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection UC|UC]]; for further coll. see Kasapligil (1965).
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 2: 430 (b. 19 Aug 1891, d. 25 Aug 1963); BL 1: 162, 166, 307; Bossert p. 261; Hortus 3: 1199 ("McMinn"); IH 1 (ed. 6): 361, 2: 486; Kew 3: 547; Langman p. 492-493; NAF 286(2): 344; PH 209; Roon p. 76.
- Ewan, J., Leafl. W. Bot. 7: 76. 1953.
- Kasapligil, B., Madroño 18: 128. 1965 (herb.); Fremontia 1 (4): 9-12. 1974 (portr., tribute).
- Thomas, J. H., Madroño 17: 115. 1963 (d.).
#### Composite works
with Maunsell Van Rensselaer: *Ceanothus*, Santa Barbara 1942 (see e.g. C. H. Connors, J. New York Bot. Gard. 44: 23-24. 1943).
### Publications
##### n.5193. An illustrated manual of Pacific Coast trees
**Title**
*An illustrated manual of Pacific Coast trees*... Berkeley, California (University of California Press) 1935. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Man. Pacif. Coast trees*.
**Notes**
*Co-author*: Evelyn Maino (1911-1958); contributor of text on recommended trees: H. W. Shepherd.
*Ed. 1*: 1935 (Nat. Nov. Apr 1936), p. \[i\]-xii, \[1\]-409. *Copy*: USDA.
*Second printing* (facsimile): 1946, p. \[i\]-xii, \[1\]-409. *Copies*: US. USDA.
*Ref*.: H. L. M. \[Mason\], Madroño 3(5): 221-222. 1936.
##### n.5194. An illustrated manual of California shrubs
**Title**
*An illustrated manual of California shrubs*... San Francisco (published by J. W. Stacey ...) 1939. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Man. Calif. shrubs*.
**Notes**
*Co-author* (chapter garden design): Fred H. Schumacher.
*Ed. 1*: 6 Oct 1939 (Madroño 5: 136. 1939), p. \[i\]-xi, 1-689. *Copies*: G, NY, US, USDA.
*Ed. 2*: 1951, front., p. \[i\]-xi, 1-663. *Copies*: FI, MO, USDA.
*Fourth printing*: 1964, front., p. \[i\]-xi, 1-663. *Copy*: US.
*Ref*.: Anon., Torreya 40: 46-47. 1 Apr 1940.
- Mason, H. L., Madroño 5(5): 173-174. 13 Jan 1940.
- Van Rensselaer, M., J. New York Bot. Gard. 41: 122-123. 1940.