> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 102](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33066442) of TL-2 Vol. VII > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/11436-1) LSID 11436-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6073496) QID Q6073496 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Watson, Peter William (1761-1830), British botanist and tradesman of Hull; founded the Hull botanic garden 1812; F.L.S. 1824. **Abbreviated name**: *P. Wats.* \[standard form in IPNI: *P.Watson*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection HUL|HUL]] (destroyed Jun 1943). #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 465; BB p. 318; BM 5: 2272; Desmond p. 644 (b. Aug 1761, d. 1 Sep 1830); DNB 60: 22 (20: 933); Herder p. 484; Hortus 3: 1206; Jackson p. 244; NI 2110; PR 10013, ed. 1: 10994; Rehder 5: 904; Tucker 1: 734; Zander ed. 10, p. 730, ed. 11, p. 833. #### Biofile - Kent, D.H. & D.E. Allen, Brit. Irish herb. 268. 1984 (herb.). - Loudon, J.C., Arbor. frutic. brit. 1: 188. 1838. - Robinson, J.F., fl. East Riding Yorks. 12. 1902. - Sheppard, T., Naturalist 1903: 240. ### Publications ##### n.16.811. Dendrologia britannica **Title** *Dendrologia britannica*, or trees and shrubs that will live in the open air of Britain throughout the year. A work useful to proprietors and possessors of estates, in selecting subjects for planting woods, parks and shrubberies; and also to all persons who cultivate trees and shrubs... London (printed for the author;...) \[1823\]-1825, 2 vols. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Dendrol. brit.* **Notes** *1*: 1823-1825 (? 1824; the book was presumably published in 24 parts between 1823 and 1825; no further details available to us; both title pages dated 1825; plates dated 1: 1 Jan 1823, these dates probably indicate composition and dates of fascicles), p. \[i\*-ii\*\], \[i\]-lxxii, \[i, abbr.\], *pl. 1-80* with text (col. liths. by J. Hart, E.D. Smith, Mrs. F. Travis). *2*: 1823-1825 (1824?-1825; see above), p. \[i-ii\], *pl. 81-172* (id.), \[i-ii, indexes\], 1-30 \[31, err.\], \[33-39, indexes\]. *Copies*: BR, G, HH, MO, NY.