> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 244](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33265921) of TL-2 Suppl. IV > Author links: [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q75809841) QID Q75809841 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Cocks, Reginald Wodehouse Somers (1863-1926), British botanist, born at Worcester, M.A. Cambridge 1889, professor of botany at Louisiana, U.S.A. 1906-1907, from 1907 professor of botany at Tulane University, New Orleans. **Abbreviated name**: *R.W.S. Cocks* #### Herbarium and types [[Collection NO|NO]], further material in [[Collection HH (sensu TL-2)|HH]], [[Collection NY|NY]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 362 (b. 31 Aug 1863, Worcester, England, d. 21 Nov 1926 New Orleans, U.S.A.); BL 1: 163, 183, 184, 291; Desmond p. 139; GR p. 394; IH 2: 132; Kew 1: 579; Tucker 1: 770. #### Biofile - Anon., Tulane News Bull. 1925: 115-116;Science 64: 593. 1926. - Cocks, R.S., Tulane graduate's Mag. 1914: \[8 p.\]. Jan 1914 (On William M. Carpenter, a pionier scientist of Louisiana). - Ewan, J. et al., J. Arnold. Arb. 46: 1-44, 122-159, 324-361, 411-444. 1965 (2 portr., letters from C.S. Sargent to R.W.S. Cocks). Also issued as a whole by Arnold Arb., 152 p., 1965; Southw. Louisiana J. 7(1-4): 35, 37, 38, 39. 1967. - Hunt Institution, Biogr. dict. bot. portr. coll. 78. 1972. - Sutton, S.B., Charles Sprague Sargent 322, 329, 330. 1970. #### Composite works - (1) *Flora of Louisiana, in* H. Rightor (ed.), Standard history of New Orleans... Chicago 1900 on p. 389-392. See J. Ewan, Southw. Louisiana J. 7(1-4): 35 (no. 132). 1967. ### Publications ##### n.26.839. flora of the Gulf biologic station **Title** The *flora of the Gulf biologic station*... Baton Rouge (The Daily State,...) 1907. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. Gulf biol. Stat.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1907, p. \[1\]-42. *Copies*: B, HH, MO. – Issued as Bull. Gulf biol. Sta. no. 7. 1907. ##### n.26.840. Annotated catalogue of grasses **Title** *Annotated catalogue of grasses* growing without cultivation *in Louisiana* (The Daily State,...) 1908. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Annot. catal. grasses Louisiana*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1908 (Bot. Centralbl. 23 Jun 1908), p. \[1\]-40. *Copies*: HH, MO. – Issued as Bull. Gulf biol. Sta. no. 10. 1908. ##### n.26.841. Leguminosae of Louisiana **Title** *Leguminosae of Louisiana*... New Orleans (The Louisiana State Museum) 1910. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Legum. Louisiana*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Sep 1910 (date on t.p.), cover-t.p., p. \[i\]-vi, \[1\]-22, \[23-26\], 17 unnumbered pages with uncol. draws. and phots. *Copies*: HH, L, NY. – Issued as Bull. Gulf Louisiana State Mus. no. 1. 1910. *Ref*.: G., Bull. Soc. bot. France 59(8)(Bibl.): 806. 27 Dec 1912 (rev.). ##### n.26.842. Notes on the flora of Louisiana **Title** *Notes on the flora of Louisiana* I.... Reprinted from The Plant World... 1914. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jun 1914 (in journal), p. 186-191. *Copies*: G, U. – Reprinted and to be cited from Plant World 17(6): 186-191. 1914. ##### n.26.843. list **Title** A *list* of the *trees* of *Louisiana*... Reprinted... Journal of the Arnold Arboretum... 1922. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jan 1922 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. \[204\]-216. *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Arnold Arb. 2(4): 204-216. 1922. ##### n.26.844. list **Title** A *list* of the *shrubs* of *Louisiana*... Reprinted... Journal of the Arnold Arboretum... 1922. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Dec 1922 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. \[173\]-182. *Copies*: NY, L. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Arnold Arb. 3(4): 173-182. 1922. *Note*: See BL 1: 183 and J. Ewan, Southw. Louisiana J. 7(1-4): 43. 1967. ##### n.26.845. Catalogue **Title** *Catalogue* of *trees* growing naturally in the vicinity of *Sardis*, Dallas County, Alabama... Journal of the Arnold Arboretum... 1925. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Oct 1925 (in journal), p. \[189\]-196. *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Arnold Arb. 6(4): 189-196. 1925.