> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 775](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33355862) of TL-2 Vol. III > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/24162-1) LSID 24162-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21510518) QID Q21510518 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Norton, John Bitting Smith (1872-1966), American botanist, mycologist, pathologist and horticulturalist; B.S. and M.S. Kansas State College of Agriculture (now Kansas State University), Manhattan (1896, 1900) under the direction of A. S. Hitchcock, assistant professor at Kansas State (1894-1896); botanical assistant, Missouri Botanical Garden (1896-1901): professor of botany, Maryland Agricultural College (now University of Maryland), College Park (1901-1942); professor emeritus (1942-1966). **Abbreviated name**: *Norton* \[standard form in IPNI: *Norton*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection KSC|KSC]] (1896-1901), [[Collection MO|MO]] (1896-1901), [[Collection MARY|MARY]] (1901-1946); further material, especially Poaceae, at [[Collection US|US]], general material at [[Collection US|US]]-DC. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 14, Bossert p. 289; CSP 17: 565; Hirsch p. 216; Hortus 3: 1200 ("J. B. S. Norton"); IH 1(ed.6): 362, 2: (in press); Kelly p. 161; Kew 4: 162; Langman p. 543; LS 19110-19116, 19113 err., 37468-37482, suppl. 20223-20234; NW p. 54; Pennell p. 615; Rehder 5: 625; Stevenson p. 1252; Tucker 1: 523. - Anon., Amer. men. sci. 235. 1906. - Barkley, F. M., Trans. Kans. Acad. Sci. 68(3): 363-383. 1965 (on Grass investigation trip of 1898; transcript of mss at KSU; by Jesse Baker Norton). - Barnhart, J. H., North Amer. fl. 7: 1080. 1940. #### Composite works with Albert Spear Hitchcock (1865-1935), *Third record on Kansas weeds*, Exp. Sta. Kansas State Agric. Coll., Manhattan. Bull. 57. Jun 1896, 37 p., *27 pl. Rev*.: F. Niedenzu, Bot. Centralbl. Beih. 7(5): 353-355. 1898. #### Note - (1): Not to be confused with Jesse Baker Norton (x-1938), who studied also at Kansas State University, but who was later employed (ca. 1901-02) by USDA and by the Pedigreed Seed Company in Hartsville, S.C. (see Barkley (1965)). - (2). The greater part of the treatment of J. B. S. Norton was kindly provided by J. L. Reveal. ### Publications ##### n.6893. North American species of Euphorbia **Title** *North American species of Euphorbia*, section Tithymalus by J. B. S. Norton. (Printed in advance from the eleventh Annual Report of the Missouri botanical garden) issued July 10, 1899. \[St. Louis, Mo\] 1899. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *N. Amer. Euphorbia*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 10 Jul 1899 (cover reprints and p. 1, repr.), p. \[1\]-60, *pl. 11-52* (uncol.). *Copies*: G, MARY, NY, US. Preprinted from Ann. Rep. Missouri bot. Gard. 1900: 85-144; title in journal: "*A revision of the American species* of *Euphorbia* of the section Tithymalus occurring north of Mexico." – "I wish to congratulate you on your paper on Euphorbia. It is the best Master's Thesis that has been presented since I have been here." A. S. Hitchcock, letter to Norton, 18 Jul 1899 (MARY). ##### n.6894. Seven thousand dahlias in cultivation **Title** *Seven thousand dahlias in cultivation*. College Park, Maryland (published by the author) 1924. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *7000 dahlias cult.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1924, p. \[1\]-291 (printed on one side only). *Copy*: MARY. ##### n.6895. 1925 dahlia ratings **Title** *1925 dahlia ratings*. Hyattsville, Maryland (published by the author) 1925. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *1925 dahlia ratings*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1925, p. \[1\]-20 (plus 11 unnumbered pages of advertising). *Copy*: MARY. ##### n.6896. 1926 dahlia ratings **Title** *1926 dahlia ratings*. Hyattsville, Maryland (published by the author) 1926. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *1926 dahlia ratings*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 12 May 1926 (as stamped on inside front cover), p. \[1\]-48. *Copy*: MARY. ##### n.6897. Favorite dahlias of 1928 **Title** *Favorite dahlias of 1928*; *the first choice varieties of leading dahlia specialists*. Hyattsville, Maryland (published by the author) 1929. Oct. (Dahlias of 1928). **Notes** *Publ*.: 1929, p. \[1\]-66. *Copy*: MARY. ##### n.6898. Maryland grasses **Title** Bulletin no. 323. *Maryland grasses*... The University of Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station College Park, Maryland September, 1930. **Notes** *Publ*.: Sep 1930, p. \[i-ii\], 251-326. *Copy*: NY. – To be cited from the Bull. Univ. Maryland Exp. Sta. ##### n.6899. A catalog of the vascular plants of Maryland **Title** *A catalog of the vascular plants of Maryland*. College Park, Maryland (Univ. Maryland Agr. Exp. Sta.) 1946. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Cat. vasc. Maryland*. **Notes** *Co-author*: Russell Guy Brown (1905-x), forward by William Beck Kemp (1890-1976). *Publ*.: Mar 1946, p. \[1\]-50. *Copy*: MARY – (Reprinted with a special cover and forwarded by the Director of the Experiment Station), Castanea 11: 1-50. 1946.