> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 397](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33355484) of TL-2 Vol. III > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/6301-1) LSID 6301-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8213940) QID Q8213940 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Meehan, Thomas (1826-1901), British-born nurseryman; Kew gardener 1846-1848; from 1853 at Germantown (Philadelphia). **Abbreviated name**: *Meehan* \[standard form in IPNI: *Meehan*\] #### Herbarium and types Material at [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection NY|NY]] and [[Collection PH|PH]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 2: 470; BB p. 212; BJI 1: 39; BM 3: 1278; Bossert p. 262; CSP 4: 319, 8:368-370, 10: 761-762, 12:496, 17: 128-130; DAB (by Harshberger); Desmond p. 432; Herder p. 224; Hortus 3: 1199 ("Meehan"); IH 2: 521; Jackson p. 358, 509; Kew 3: 638; Langman p. 496; Lenley p. 284; LS 17640-17651, 36872-36881; ME 1: 211, 2: 208, 582, 3: 467,484; Morren ed. 2, p. 36, ed. 10, p. 129; MW suppl. p. 224; NI 1331; PR (alph.); Rehder 5: 560-562; SO 880a; Tucker 1: 476-477. - Anon., Bot. Gaz. 32: 443-444. 1901; Bot. Not. 1902: 94 (b. 26 Mar 1826, d. 19 Oct 1901); Fern Bull. 9: 87-88. 1901 (portr.), 10: 29. 1902; Gard. Chron. ser. 3. 29: 285-286, 382-384. 1901; Nat. Nov. 24: 187. 1902 (d.); Torreya 1: 147-148. 1901. - Blankinship, J. W., Montana Coll. Agr. Sci. Stud. 1: 21. 1905. - Britten, J., J. Bot. 40: 38-41. 1902 (portr.). - Ewan, J., Rocky Mt. natural. 266. 1950. - Ewan, J. et al., Short hist. bot. U.S. 45, 136, 1969. - Graustein, J. E., Thomas Nuttall 19, 207. 1967. - Harshberger, J. W., Bot. Philadelphia 249-256. 1899 (portr.). - Hedrick, U. P., Hist. hortic. America 540 \[index\]. 1950. - Howard, L. O., Smithson. misc. Coll. 84: 15. 1930. - Hultén, E., Bot. Not. 1940: 305. - Lubrecht, H., Early Amer. bot. works no. 94. 1967. - Meehan, S. M., Meehan's Monthly 12: 13-19, *pl. I.* 1902. - Meehan, W. E., *in* Bailey, L.H., Standard Cycl. Hort. 2: 1587-1588. 1939 (portr.). - Phillips, V. T. and M.E., Guide mss. coll. Acad. Phila. p. 499 \[ind.\]. 1963. - Rickett, H. W., Index Bull. Torrey bot. Club 69. 1955. - Pennell, F. W., Bartonia 22: 13. 1943. - Rodgers, A. D., Amer. bot. 332 \[index\]. 1944; Liberty Hyde Bailey 75, 93, 205, 298, 302-303. 1949. - Sargent, C. S., Silva 9: 82. 1896. - Skan, S. A., Nature 65: 132. 1901. - Thomas, J. H., Huntia 3: 18. 1969. - Wittrock, V. B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(3): 199. 1905. - Wycott, E., Bibl. Contr. Lloyd Libr. 9: 390. 1913. #### Composite works Editor *Gardener's Monthly* 1859-1888, and *Meehan's Monthly*, 1-12, 1891-1902. #### Eponymy (genera) *Meehania* N. L.Britton (1894); *Meehaniopsis* Kudo (1929); (journal): *Meehans' Monthly*, a Magazine of Horticulture, Botany and kindred subjects. Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa., vol. 1-12. 1891-1902. ### Publications ##### n.5783. The native flowers and ferns of the United States **Title** *The native flowers and ferns of the United States* in their botanical, horticultural and popular aspects... \[1-2, ser. 2(1):\] Boston (L. Prang and Company), \[ser. 2(2):\] Philadelphia (Chas. Robson & Co.) 1878-1880, 4 vols. **Abbreviated title**: *Native fl. ferns U.S.* **Notes** *1*: 1878, in 12 parts (Nat. Nov. Jan(1) 1879; p. v: Mai 1878), p. \[i\]-ix, \[1\]-192, *pl. 1-48* (chromoliths. by Alois Lunzer). *2*: 1879, in 12 parts, p. \[i\]-v, \[1\]-200, *pl. 1-48* (id.). *Ser. 2, 1*: 1880, in 12 parts (p. 4: Mai 1879; Nat. Nov. Nov(1) 1880; Bot. Zeit. 3 Dec 1880), p. \[1\]-4, \[vii\]-ix, 5-196, *pl. 1-48.* *Ser. 2. 2*: 1880, in 12 parts, p. \[i\]-v, \[5\]-204, *pl. 1-48.* *Copies*: G, NY, US, USDA; IDC 7226.