> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 298](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33189769) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/7763-1) LSID 7763-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21606756) QID Q21606756 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Plues, Margaret (c. 1840-c. 1903), British botanist; entered a roman catholic convent at Weybridge in middle-age, ultimately mother superior; in her youth a popular writer on botany. **Abbreviated name**: *Plues* \[standard form in IPNI: *Plues*\] #### Herbarium and types Unknown; some letters at [[Collection BM|BM]]. #### Bibliography and biography BB p. 2216; BM 4: 1587; Desmond p. 498; Jackson p. 236, 239, 240, 241, 244; Kelly p. 178; Kew 4: 325; NI 1537-1539; PR 7211. #### Biofile - Allen, D.E., The victorian fern craze 56. 1969. - Allibone, S.A., Crit. dict. Engl. lit. 1610. 1870. - Freeman, R.B., Brit. nat. hist. books 282. 1980 (bibl.). - Hawksworth, D.L. & M.R.D. Seaward, Lichenol. Brit. Isl. 1568-1975 p. 16-17, 134. 1977. #### Eponymy *Pluesia* Nieuwland (1916). ### Publications ##### n.8061. A selection of the eatable funguses of Great Britain **Title** *A selection of the eatable funguses of Great Britain* edited by Robert Hogg,... and George W. Johnson,... and illustrated by W.G. Smith,... London (Journal of Horticulture & Cottage Gardener Office,...) \[1866\]. **Abbreviated title**: *Select. fung. Gr. Brit.* **Notes** *Editors*: Robert Hogg (1818-1897), George William Johnson (1802-1886). *Publ*.: 1866, p. \[i\*-iv\*\], \[i\]-vii, *pl. 1-9, 11-21, 23-24* (handcol. liths. by W.G. Smith, with text). *Copy*: USDA. ##### n.8062. British ferns **Title** *British ferns*: an introduction to the study of the ferns, lycopods, and equiseta indigenous to the British Isles, with chapters on the structure, propagation, cultivation, diseases, uses, preservation, and distribution of ferns... London (L. Reeve and Co.,...) \[1866\]. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Brit. ferns*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1866, p. \[i\]-x, \[1\]-281, \[1, h.t.\], *pl. 1-16* (col. liths. W. Fitch). *Copies*: BR, NY, US. *Reissue*: 1914, London (plates uncol., see Nat. Nov. Mai(1) 1914). ##### n.8063. British grasses **Title** *British grasses*: an introduction to the study of the Gramineae of Great Britain and Ireland... London (L. Reeve and Co.,...) \[1867\]. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Brit. grass.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1867 (p. vi; Mai 1867; Flora 8 Oct 1867; BSbF Dec 1868), p. \[i\]-vi, \[vii-viii\], \[1\]-307, *pl. 1-16* (col. liths. W. Fitch). *Copies*: BR, G, MO, NY. – The copy at G has a different imprint: "London: Reeve & Co.,... 1867". The other copies, with undated t.p. may be of a reissue (e.g. London 1914, see Bot. Centralbl. 21 Jul 1914).