> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 928](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33190399) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/8650-1) LSID 8650-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6286659) QID Q6286659 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Rothrock, Joseph Trimble (1839-1922), American surgeon, botanist, explorer and forester; B.Sc. Harvard 1864; on R. Kennicotts Alaskan exp. 1865-1866; Dr. med. Univ. Pennsylvania 1867; professor of botany in the State Agricultural College of Pennsylvania 1867-1869; practicing physician in Wilkes-Barre; surgeon and botanist to G.N. Wheeler's Exploring Expeditions west of the 100th meridian 1873-1875; professor of botany Univ. Pennsylvania 1877-1891 (-1904); in the West Indies on the "White Cap" 1889-1890; Forestry Commisioner of the State of Pennsylvania 1895-1904; erected a home for open air treatment of tuberculosis at Mont Alto 1902. **Abbreviated name**: *Rothr.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Rothr.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection F|F]] (private herb.), [[Collection US|US]] (Wheeler exp.); further material at [[Collection A|A]], [[Collection B|B]] (West Ind., mainly destr.), [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection LE|LE]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection PH|PH]]. – The plants collected on R. Kennicott's Alaskan and B.C. expedition were lost (coll. F. Pope and J.R. Rothrock) in the Fraser River; the West Indian collections are at [[Collection PH|PH]] (formerly [[Collection PENN|PENN]]) (first set) and F. – Letters to and from S.F. Baird in Smithsonian Archives; letters to W.G. Farlow at [[Collection FH|FH]]. #### Bibliography and biography Backer p. 660; Barnhart 3: 183; BJI 1: 49; BL 1: 130, 316; BM 4: 1739, 5: 2174 (Wheeler rept.); Bossert p. 340; CSP 5: 303, 8: 787, 11: 228, 12: 634, 18: 319; DAB 16: 188-189; Ewan ed. 1: 165, 293, 294, 304, 340, ed. 2: 188; Herder p. 338; Hortus 3: 1203; IH 2: (files); Jackson p. 357; Kelly p. 195-196; Kew 4: 525; Langman p. 651-652; Lenley p. 355; LS 22969; ME 1: 226, 2: 56, 514, 3: 739; Morren ed. 10, p. 130; NW p. 56; PH p. 521 \[index\]; PR 7810; Rehder 5: 740-741; TL-2/see E.M. Durand; Tucker 1: 609; Urban-Berl. p. 389. #### Composite works - (1) *Contr. nat. hist. Alaska*, ed. L.M. Turner, p. 61-65. 1886, list of plants by J.T. Rothrock (Arctic ser. publ. Signal Service, U.S. Army no. 2), based on Rothrock's *Sketch of the Flora of Alaska*, Ann. Rep. Smiths. Inst. 1867: 433-463. 1872 (but published by 3 Mar 1870, see Flora 53: 63. 1870). - (2) *List of*, and notes upon, the *lichens* collected by Dr. T.H. Bean *in Alaska* and the adjacent region in 1880, Proc. U.S. natl. Mus. 7(1): 1-9. 3 Jun 1884; identifications by Henrey Willey (1824-1907). #### Biofile - Allison, E.M., Univ. Colo. Stud. 6: 72-73. 1909. - Anon., Amer. Forestry 28: 414. 1922 (obit.); Daily Local News, West Chester, Penn. 14 Apr 1923 (at HU); Forest leaves 18: 115-116. 1922 (resigns from State Forest Commission, tribute by governor of state); Torreya 9: 269. 1909 (herb. acquired by F.). - Anse, A. de 1', Evening Post, New York, 2 Mai 1914. - Brewer, W.H., *in* S. Watson, Bot. Calif. 2: 559. 1880. - Cattell, J.M., Amer. men sci. ed. 1: 274. 1906, ed. 2: 402. 1910, ed. 3: 588. 1921, ed. 4: 839. 1927. - Dudley, S. and D.R. Goddard, Proc. Amer. philos. Soc. 117(1): 37-50. 1973 (R. and forest conservation; secondary refs.). - Graves, H.S. et al., J. Forestry 20(5): 567-568. 1922 (resolution upon death). - Harshberger, J., Bot. Philadelphia 305-313. 1899 (portr.). - Hultén, E., Bot. Not. 1940: 291. (Sketch Fl. Alaska based on Ledebour's Fl. ross.). - Illick, J.S., Joseph Trimble Rothrock, father of Pennsylvania Forestry. 1929, 12 p. (repr. from Penn. German Soc. 34, 1929). - Jaeger, E.C., Source-book biol. names, terms, ed. 3. 320. 1966. - Kelly, H.A., Dict. Amer. med. biogr. 1062-1064. 1928; Some Amer. med. bot. 203-213. 1914, 1929 (autobiogr., portr.; in his autobiogr. R. states that he served at Univ. Penn. only from 1877-1891, afterwards devoting himself almost exclusively to forestry). - Leroy, J.F. et al., Bot. franc. Amér. nord 294, 295, 296. 1957. - McVaugh, R., Edward Palmer 66. 1956. - Millspaugh, C.F., Field. Mus. Publ. Bot. 2(7): 141, 291. 1909 (White Cap trip to West Indies). - Pennell, F.W. & J.H. Barnhart, Monogr. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1: 618. 1935. - Pennell, F.W., Bartonia 22: 15. 1943. - Pleasants, H., Jr., Three scientists of Chester County. 1936, p. 37-49. - Reifschneider, O., Biogr. Nevada Botanists 20, 48-50. 1964 (portr.). - Reveal, J., *in A*. Cronquist et al., Intermount. Fl. 1: 56. 1972. - Rodgers, A.D., Amer. bot. 1873-1892, p. 336 \[index\]. 1944; Bernard Eduard Fernow 620 \[index\]. 1951. - Sargent, C.S., Silva 8: 92. 1895. - Thomas, J.H., Huntia 3: 17. 1969 (1979). - Urban, I., Symb. ant. 1: 141. 1898, 3: 115. 1902. - Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 5: 114, 512. 1939. - Wilson, J.G. & J. Fiske, eds., Appleton's Cycl. Amer. biogr. 5: 334. 1888. - Wirt, G.H., J. Forestry 44: 442-443. 1946 (biogr. sketch, portr.). - Wittrock, V.B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(3): 201. 1905. #### Eponymy *Rothrockia* A. Gray (1885). ### Publications ##### n.9657. Catalogue of plants **Title** Engineer Department, U.S. Army. Geographical and geological explorations and surveys west of the one hundredth meridian. First Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Corps of Engineers, in charge. *Catalogue of plants* collected in the years 1871, 1872 and 1873, with descriptions of new species. Washington (Government Printing Office) 1874. **Abbreviated title**: *Cat. pl.* **Notes** *Authorship*: Sereno Watson (1826-1892), author of text p. 5-19; Rothrock is author of p. \[21\]-62, with the collaboration of Asa Gray, S. Watson, D.C. Eaton, T.P.James, G. Vasey, G. Thurber, and J. Hoopes. *Publ*.: Jul-Dec 1874 (p. \[2\]: 1 Jul 1874), p. \[1\]-62. *Copies*: US(2), USDA. – Preliminary report; for definitive report see below (1878). ##### n.9658. Report **Title** Engineer Department, U.S. Army. *Report* upon *United States geographical surveys* west of the one hundredth meridian, in charge of first lieut. Geo. M. *Wheeler,... vol. vi.* – *Botany*. Washington (Government Printing Office) 1878. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Rep. U.S. geogr. surv., Wheeler*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jun-Aug 1879 (p. xiii: 10 Mai 1878; t.p. 1878; last part printed Mai 1879; Grevillea Sep 1879; J.Bot. Sep 1879; Nat. Nov. Aug(2) 1879), p. \[i\]-xx, err. slip, 1-404, *pl. 1-30* (uncol. liths. Sprague). *Copies*: BR, FH, G (p. 53-404), HH, MO, NY, PH, US(2), USDA. *Contents*: p. \[i\]-v, general preface material, p. \[vii\]-xx, preface material botanical reports; p. 1-14: Notes on Colorado; p. 15-37: Notes on New Mexico; p. 39-52: Notes on economic botany; p. 53-404, *pl. 1-30*: Catalogue of plants by J.T. Rothrock et al. *Alternative t.p.* (p. \[vii\]): *U.S. Geographical surveys* west of the one hundredth meridian ... *Reports upon botanical collections* made in portions of Nevada, Utah, California, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona, during the years 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874 and 1875. By J.T. Rothrock,... and the following scientists: Sereno Watson,... George Engelmann,... Thos. C. Porter,... M.S. Bebb,... William Boott,... George Vasey,... D.C. Eaton,... Thos.P. James,... Edward Tuckerman,... in four chapters and an appendix. *Ref*.: Anon., Bull. Soc. bot. France 26 (bibl.): 146. 1880 (rev.). - Engler, A., Bot. Jahrb. 1: 66-69. 1880 (rev.). - W.C.S., Grevillea 8: 16-17. 1879 (rev.). - Dr., Bot. Zeit. 38: 391. 28 Mai 1880 (rev.). ##### n.9659. Catalogue of trees and shrubs native of and introduced in the horticultural gardens **Title** *Catalogue of trees and shrubs native of and introduced in the horticultural gardens* adjacent to Horticultural Hall, *in Fairmount Park*, Philadelphia \[Philadelphia 1880\]. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Cat. trees shrubs gard. Fairmount*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1880 (p. 3: Mar 1880; the HH copy is dated "June 8th 1880"), p. \[1\]-99. *Copies*: HH, NY, PH. ##### n.9660. Vacation cruising **Title** *Vacation cruising* in Chesapeake and Delaware Bays... Philadelphia (J.B. Lippincott & Co.) 1884. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Vacation cruis.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1884 (Ewan copy inscribed by author 21 Jun 1884), 262 p. *Copy*: Ewan. – "Passing references to vegetation and shore life, a socio-ecological account" (J. Ewan).