> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 446](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33189917) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/8035-1) LSID 8035-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q67353) QID Q67353 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Pursh, Frederick Traugott \[originally Friedrich Traugott Pursch\] (1774-1820), German (Saxonian) botanist; studied botany and horticulture at Dresden; to America 1799 as traveller collector, gardener and landscape architect; from 1803-1805 \[?\] in charge of William Hamilton's estate nr Philadelphia (the Woodlands); from 1809-1810 id. of the Elgin Botanic Garden at New York; from 1810-1811 in the West Indies; from 1811 in England, working with A.B. Lambert; ultimately at Montreal. **Abbreviated name**: *Pursh* \[standard form in IPNI: *Pursh*\] #### Herbarium and types The Pursh herbarium was acquired by Lambert and dispersed at the Lambert sale. Plants collected by Pursh are at [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection C|C]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection LIV|LIV]], [[Collection MANCH|MANCH]], [[Collection OXF|OXF]], [[Collection PH|PH]] (e.g. in Barton herbarium). Pursh used not only his own collections but also those of Banks and Sherard. Some of his types are therefore at [[Collection BM|BM]] and [[Collection OXF|OXF]], others at [[Collection K|K]] and [[Collection PH|PH]]. #### Bibliography and biography AG 2(1): 375; Backer p. 475-476; Barnhart 3: 116; BB p. 251; BM 4: 1624; Clokie p. 229; DAB 15: 271; Desmond p. 508; DSB 11: 217-219 (by Ewan); Ewan ed. 1: 7, 252; Frank 3 (Anh.): 80; GF p. 71; Henrey 2: 36, 3: 104-105; Herder p. 226; Hortus 3: 1202 (Pursh); IH 1 (ed. 1): 76, (ed. 2): 96, (ed. 3): 122, (ed. 6): 363, (ed. 7): 340; Jackson p. 354, 365, 409, 443; Kew 4: 379; Langman p. 601; Lasègue p. 332, 460, 463, 504; ME 1: 221, 3: 641; MW p. 397; NI 1570; Pennell p. 617; PR 2374, 7369-7371 (ed. 1: 8257-8259); Rehder 5: 695; RS p. 134; SK 4: ccvii; Stevenson p. 1254; TL-1/1015; TL-2/910, 1505, see Hooker, W., Lambert, A.B., Nuttall, T.; Tucker 1: 573; Zander ed. 10, p. 704, ed. 11, p. 803. #### Biofile - Anon., Appleton's cycl. Amer, biogr. 5: 137. 1888; Bonplandia 1: 42. 1853; Flora 1: 357. 1818 (d.), 3: 542. 1820, 10: 192 (err., said to have been born in Tobolsk, Siberia), 491-496 (correct biogr., see sub C.A. Pursch) 1827; Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 4: cxiii, 710-712. 1825; Bonplandia 1: 42. 1853 (plants at K). - Barnhart, J.H., Torreya 4: 132-136. 1904 (date Flora); Mem. Torrey bot. Club 16(3): 298. 1921; J. New York Bot. Gard. 24: 109. 1923 (b. 4 Feb 1774); Bartonia 9: 40-41. 1926 (pl. in Barton herb.). - Barnston, J., Canad. Natural. ser. 2. 9: 184-187. 1881. - Blake, S.F., J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 17(13): 351. 1927 (brief sketch). - Boone, W., Hist. bot. W. Virginia 6, 7, 20. 1965. - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 255.234. 1980. - Darlington, W., Reliq. Baldw. 1843 (many references, see Ewan in facs. ed. p. xxxviii). - Dawson, J.W., Canad. natural. 2: 78-79. 1857 (monument). - Elkinton, H., Amer.-Germ. Rev. 11(2): 8-11. 1944. - Ewan, J., Proc. Amer. philos. Soc. 96(5): 599-628. 1952 (extensive review of P's activities in N. America and of his botanical associates; bibl. on Pursh; so far main and most critical account of Pursh); Yearb. Amer. philos. Sc. 1955: 160-163; Introduction to F. Pursh, Fl. amer., Sept., p. 5-117. 1979 (biogr. and bibl. detail); Huntia 3(2): 83-86. 1979 (on P's "Prospectus of an expedition to New Mexico and California" \[1814?\]). - Ewan, J. et al., Short hist. bot. U.S. 170 \[index\]. 1969. - Ewan, J. & N., John Banister p. 483 \[index\]. 1970. - Fernald, M.L., Rhodora 40: 354. 1938. - Geiser, S.W., Natural. Frontier 16. 1948. - Graustein, J.E., Thomas Nuttall 476 \[index; many refs.\]. 1967; Rhodora 56: 275. 1954 (date flora). - Gray, A., Amer. J. Sci. ser. 3. 24: 323-326. 1882; Bot. Gaz. 7: 141-143. 1882. - Harshberger, J.W., Bot. Philadelphia 113-117. 1899. - Hedrick, U.P., Hist. hort. Amer. 404, 405, 424. 1950. - Henckel von Donnersmarck, L.V.F., Flora 3: 542. 1820 (Fredric Pursh is Friedrich T. Pursch). - Hindle, Brook, Pursuit sci. revol. Amer. 305. 1956. - Hooker, W.J., Edinburgh J. Sci. 2: 108-129. 1825 (notes on P on p. 114-119), repr. Amer. J. Sci. 9: 263-284. 1825. (with added footnote on p. 269 by Charles Hooker); J. Bot. Kew Gard. misc. 9: 256. 1857 (erection grave monument). - Humphrey, H.B., Makers N. Amer. bot. 202-204. 1962 (see also Ewan, J., Rhodora 64: 189. 1962). - Jessen, K.F.W., Bot. Gegenw. Vorz. 466. 1864. - Leroy, J.F. et al., Bot. franç. Amér. nord 45, 54, 59, 65, 66, 67, 79, 220. 1957. - McCool, E.W., Bull. Hort. Soc. New York 11: 13. 1961 (incorrect). - McVaugh, R., Bartonia 17: 24-32. 1935 (coll. N.Y., Vermont 1807). - Maxon, W.R., Dict. Amer. biogr. 15: 271. 1935 (b. 4 Feb 1774, d. 11 Jul 1820; biogr.; second refs.; lists traditional errors in Pursh accounts). - Mears, J.A., Proc. Amer, philos. Soc. 122: 166, 167. 1978. (herb. Muhlenberg). - Merrill, E.D. & Hu, Bartonia 25: 27-29. 1949. - Miller, H.S., Taxon 19: 536-537. 1970. - Murrill, A.W., Hist. found. bot. Florida 11. 1945. - Osterhout, G.E., Plant World 10(4): 80-84. 1907. (spring fl. Colorado). - Penhallow, D.P., Trans. R. Soc. Canada ser. 2. 3(4): 3-6, 8, 14, 52. 1897 (d. 11 Jul 1820; on Pursh in Canada; authentic statement on death, burial, reinterment; see also Ewan, 1952, p. 628). - Pennell, F.W., Bartonia 21: 43. 1942, Proc. Amer. philos. Soc. 94: 142-144. 1950. - Provancher, L., Natural. canad. 5: 102. 1873. - Pursch, C.A., Flora 10: 491-496. 1827 (correct biogr. details, given by his brother). - Rafinesque, C.S., Amer. mo. Mag. crit. Rev. 2(3): 170-176, 265-269. 1818 (review *Flora*). - Reichenbach, H.G.L., Flora 10: 491-496. 1827 (corrections of obit, in 10: 192; direct inf. from Carl August Pursch). - Rodgers, A.D., John Torrey 348 \[index\]. 1942. - Sargent, C.S., Silva 2: 33. 1891, 14: 99. 1902. - Schuyler, A.E., Morris Arb. Bull. 24(2): 28, 31. 1973. - Seemann, B. & W.E.G., Bonplandia 5: 149-150. 1857 (Ein Denkmal für Pursh; d. 11 Jul 1820); J. Bot. 6: 256. 1868 (Pursh's diary found, see Pursh 1869), 8: 63-64. 1870 (quaint account). - Short, C.W. *in* W.J. Hooker, J. Bot. 3: 103, 105, 107-108. 1841. - Spaulding, P., Pop. Sci. Mo. 73: 491, 493, 497. 1908. - Stearn, W.T., Rhodora 45: 415-416, 511-512. 1943 (date flora). - Stieber, F., Huntia 4(1): 85. 1981 (Arch. mat. HU). - Sutton, S.B., Charles Sprague Sargent 281. 1970. - Thomas, J.H., Huntia 3: 13. 1969. - Urban, I., Symb. ant. 3: 108-109. 1902. - Venema, H.J., Jaarb. Ned. dendrol. Ver. 12: 103-106. 1937 (on P. in N. America). #### Composite works Edited eds. 8-13 of James Donn, *Hortus cantabrig*., see TL-2no. 1505. #### Eponymy *Purschia* Post & O. Kuntze (1903, *orth. var*. of *Purshia* A.P. de Candolle ex Poiret); *Purshia* A.P. de Candolle ex Poiret (1816), *Purshia* K.P.J. Sprengel (1817), see ING 3: 1466. *Note*: *Purshia* Rafinesque (1815) is an *orth. var*. of *Burshia* Rafinesque (1803). ### Publications ##### n.8403. Verzeichniss der im Plauischen Grunde **Title** II. *Verzeichniss der im Plauischen Grunde* und den zunächst angrenzenden Gegenden *wildwachsenden Pflanzen* von Friedrich Traugott Pursch, *in* W.G. Becker, ed., Der Plauische Grund bei Dresden, mit Hinsicht auf Naturgeschichte und schöne Gartenkunst... Nürnberg (in der Frauenholzischen Kunsthandlung) 1799. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Verz. Plau. Pfl.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1799, plants in part 2(2): \[45\]-94 (\[45-47\], 48 \[49\], 50 \["42"\], 51 \["43"\], 52-94. *Copies*: HU, PH. ##### n.8404. Flora Americae septentrionalis **Title** *Flora Americae septentrionalis*; or, a systematic arrangement and description of the plants of North America. Containing, besides what have been described by preceding authors, many new and rare species, collected during twelve years travels and residence in that country, by Frederic Pursh... London (printed for White, Cochrane, and Co., ...) 1814, 2 vols. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. Amer. sept.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Jan 1814 vel Dec sero 1813. – Asa Gray and Graustein give evidence that the work was published late in 1813. A copy was presented to the Linnean Society on 21 Dec 1813. The book was listed as published in the Monthly Lit. Adv. 105: 2. on 10 Jan 1814 (fide Stearn) and is also listed for that month by Peddie and Waddington. Drawings by William Hooker (1797-1832), the artist of Salisbury's *Paradisus Londinensis*. Copies with coloured plates are rare. *Copies*: BR (col. pl.), FAS (col. pl.), G (uncol.), MICH, MO, NY (uncol.; John Torrey's copy with notes), US (3, uncol.), USDA (uncol.); IDC 263. *1*: \[i\]-xxxvi, \[1\]-358, *pl. 1-16.* *2*: \[i-ii\], \[3591-751, *pl. 17-24.* Plate *16* should face p. 348, and not 248 as in instr. binders. *Ed. 2* (re-issue): 1816. *Copies*: G (uncol.), MO (crudely coloured pl.), NY (uncol.), USDA (uncol.). – London (printed for James Black and Son,...) 1816. Oct. *1*: \[i\]-xxxvi, \[1\]-358, *pl. 1-16.* *2*: \[i-ii\], \[359\]-751, *pl. 17-24.* This "second edition"' has the same printing errors as ed. 1, e.g. the error of p. 248 instead of p. 348 to place pl. 16 (p. xxvi). *Facsimile ed*.: 1979, p. \[1\]-117, preface and (p. 5-117) introduction by Joseph Ewan, facsimile: \[i\]-xxxvi, \[1\]-358, \[i-ii\], \[359\]-751, *pl. 1-24. Copy*: FAS. – "... Edition and introduction by Joseph Ewan. Reprint 1979... J. Cramer in der A.R. Gantner Verlag Kommanditgesellschaft FL-9490; ISBN 3-7682-1242-4. – See Taxon 29: 748. 1980, 38: 863. 1981 (separate issue of introduction by J. Ewan). ##### n.8405. Hortus orloviensis **Title** *Hortus orloviensis*; or, a catalogue of plants cultivated in the Island of Orloff, near St. Petersburgh, by Peter Buck, gardener to his excellency Count Orloff. Arranged by Frederick Pursh. London (Printed by Richard and Arthur Taylor,...) 1815. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Hort. orlov.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1815, vii, 72 p. *Copy*: HH. – See Ewan (1952). ##### n.8406. Journal of a botanical excursion **Title** *Journal of a botanical excursion* in the Northeastern parts of the states of Pennsylvania and New York, during the year 1807. By Frederick Pursh. Philadelphia (Brinckloe & Marot,...) 1869. Duod. **Abbreviated title**: *J. bot. excurs.* **Notes** *Editor*: Thomas Potts James(1803-1882). *Publ*.: 1869, p. \[i\], \[1\]-87. *Copies*: MICH, MO, USDA. *Reprint*: 1923, p. \[1\]-113, \[1-5\]. *Copies*: MO, NY. – "... edited by Rv. Wm.M. Beauchamp,... for the Onondaga historical Association 1923". Reprinted by the Dehler Press, Syracuse, N.Y. \[William Martin Beauchamp 1830-1925\]. *Facsimile* reprint of 1923 ed.: 1969, p. \[1\]-113, \[1-5\]. *Copies*: MICH, NY. – Ira J. Friedman, Inc. Port Washington, L.I., N.Y., ISBN 87198-073-8.