> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 474](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33333613) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/9417-1) LSID 9417-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q64899) QID Q64899 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Seemann, Berthold \[Carl\] (1825-1871), German (Hannover) botanist, publisher and traveller; trained to be a botanical collector at Kew 1844-1846; naturalist to the "Herald" 1847-1851; Dr. phil. h.c. Göttingen 1853; editor of "Bonplandia" 1853-1862; botanised in the Fiji Islands 1860; editor of the Journal of Botany 1863-1869 (1871); travelled in Venezuela 1864; in Nicaragua and Panama 1866-1871; died as director of a gold-mining company in Nicaragua. **Abbreviated name**: *Seem.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Seem.*\] #### Herbarium and types The main set of most of Seemann's collections is at [[Collection BM|BM]] (see Murray 1904), however, the first set of Fiji material is at [[Collection K|K]] (over 1000) with duplicates in [[Collection BM|BM]] (Fiji, 594) and further material in [[Collection A|A]], [[Collection AMES|AMES]], [[Collection C|C]], [[Collection CAL|CAL]], [[Collection CGE|CGE]], [[Collection DPU|DPU]], [[Collection DUKE|DUKE]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection FI|FI]], [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection GOET|GOET]], [[Collection H|H]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection LD|LD]], [[Collection MEDEL|MEDEL]], [[Collection MEL|MEL]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection OXF|OXF]], [[Collection P|P]], [[Collection S|S]], [[Collection TCD|TCD]], [[Collection US|US]], [[Collection W|W]]. The "study set" including the types of the *Bot. Voy. Herald* is at [[Collection BM|BM]] (2000, acquired 1868) with an important set also at [[Collection K|K]]. –For discrepancies between the labels and the Bot. Voy. Herald see Radlkofer, Monogr. Serjania, p. 55. – *Letters* and mss. (incl. those from the "Herald") at [[Collection K|K]]. – *Field notes* at [[Collection US|US]] (SIA); *letters* to F.A.W. Miquel at [[Collection U|U]]; other letters at [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection GH|GH]]. #### Bibliography and biography ADB 33: 581-584 (E. Wunschman); AG 3: 592, 593; Backer p. 525; BB p. 271-272; Biol.-Dokum. 16: 8568 (one entry, sic); BL 1: 108, 132, 153, 318; BM 4: 1892; Bossert p. 359; Bret. p. 384-386; Clokie p. 241; CSP 5: 622-623, 8: 926-927, 12: 671; Desmond p. 550; DNB 51: 194-195 (17: 1132-1133) (G.S. Boulger); Frank 3 (Anh.): 95; GF p. 76; GR p. 137-138; Herder p. 477 \[index\]; Hortus 3: 1204; Jackson p. 11, 133, 139, 215, 224, 240, 404, 473; Kelly p. 211; KR p. 632; Langman p. 690-692; LS 24579; ME 3: 652; MW p. 443; NI 1827-1828; PR 8573-8583; Rehder 5: 790-791; RS p. 141; SBC p. 132; SIA 1010014; SK 1: 481 (coll.), 4: ccxii, 8: lxxxviii; TL-1/1218-1221; TL-2/2417, 3690, and see indexes for cross-refs.; Tucker 1: 643, 3: 276; Urban-Berl. p. 313, 396; Zander ed. 10, p. 715, ed. 11, p. 816. #### Biofile - Alefeld, F., Kulturpflanze 12: 91-92. 1964. - Allibone, S.A., Crit. dict. Engl. lit. 2: 1990. 1878. - Anon., Bot. Not. 1872: 2: 26 (d.); Bot. Zeit. 9: 685. 1851 (back from Voy. Herald), 11, 928. 1853 (Dr. phil. h.c. Göttingen), 18: 48. 1860 (will go to Fiji), 24: 152. 1866 (to New Segovia), 30: 64. 1872 (d.); Brit. Mus. gen. cat. print. books 218: 365-366. 1964; Bull. Soc. bot. France 18 (bibl.): 41-42. 1872 (obit., mainly based on Trimen 1872); Flora 40: 366. 1857 (Arctic medal), 41: 288. 1858 (gold medal king Hannover), 43: 224. 1880 (via Suez, Mauritius and Sydney to Fiji Isl.), 46: 191. 1863 (Bonplandia ceases to exist; J. Bot. new), 48: 528. 1865 (note Equisetum S. Amer.), 49: 240. 1866 (to South America), 52: 416. 1869 (Nicaraguan Aroid.), 53: 46. 1870 (Nicaraguan Pithecolobium), 55: 32. 1872 (d.); Gard. Chron. 1871: 1678-1679 (obit., portr.); J. Kew Guild 1895: 31-32 (obit.) (see also 1894: 41); Österr. bot. Z. 11: 24, 132. 1861 (returns from Fiji, arrived Suez 3 Feb 1861), 16: 225, 333. 1866 (back from Nicaragua and Panama), 22: 75. 1872 (d.).; Proc. Linn. Soc. 1871-1872:" lxxiv-lxxix (see also Leopoldina 8: 43-46. 1873). - Batcheller, F.N., Gloxinian 14(6): 10-11. 1964 (biogr. sketch). - Boase, F., Modern Engl. biogr. 3: 479. 1965. - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. isl. 269.23. 1980. - Britten, J., J. Bot. 27: 102-105. 1889, 59: 24. 1921 (on colls.). - Dolezal, H., Friedrich Welwitsch 75, 187, 213. 1974. - Embacher, F., Lexik. Reisen 267-268. 1882. - Gunn, M. & L.E. Codd, Bot. Expl. S. Afr. 321. 1981. - Hulten, E., Bot. Not. 1940: 300-301 (on S.'s expl. of Alaska on Herald Voy.). - Jessen, K.F.W., Bot. Gegenw. Vorz. 465, 468. 1884. - Knobloch, I.W., Plant coll. N. Mexico 63. 1979 (Mexican material at BM, GH, K, P); prelim. list pl. coll. Mexico 88. 1983. - Leon, N., Bibl. bot.-mexic. 237. 1895. - Lowden, R.M., Index Taxon vols. 1-30, pers. names, p. 656. 1985. - McVaugh, R., Contr. Univ. Mich. Herb. 9: 303-304. 1972 (Mexican coll.). - Merrill, E.D., B.P. Bishop Mus. Bull. 144: 167-168. 1937; Contr. U.S. natl. Herb. 30(1): 270-273. 1947 (bibl.); Botany Cook's Voy. (Chron. bot. 14(5/6): 367. 1954 (index). - Nowicke, J.W., Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 57(3): 352-358. 1971 (type-photographs Panamanian collections). - Murray, G., Hist. coll. BM(NH) 1: 181. 1904 (study-set of 2000 of Herald; 450 Herald through J. Liddell; 594 Fiji; 238 Nicaragua; Panama material is study-set). - Parham, J.W., Plants of the Fiji Islands xvi-xviii. 1864, see also revised ed. 1972, p. 2-3 (portr.). - Regel, E.A., Gartenflora 3: 105. 1854 (Dr. phil. Gött, h.c), 9: 263. 1860 (to Fiji), 10: 153, 226. 1861 (returned from Fiji, "1000 Species Pflanzen"), 11: 44. 1862 (back from Fiji, 1000 nos., 20.000 specimens), 14: 26. 1865 (back from Venezuela), 15: 128. 1860 (resigns as secretary the Int. hort. exposition because of a trip to the United States). - Reichenbach, H.G., Bot. Zeit. 30: 503-510. 1872 (critical obituary; named a *Dendrobium* collected by Seemann *D. mohlianum*, after Mohl who had been severely attacked by S. in Bonplandia; "lacked a solid foundation in botany", was a poor collector but a good popular writer; opponent of Darwin, good musician; "Autor zu sein war seine Leidenschaft"). - Sabin, J., Dict. books Amer. 9: 513. 1877, 14: 218. 1884, 15: 218. 1885, 19: 225-226. 1891. - Sarton, G., Sarton on the history of science 262-264. 1964 (on *Bonplandia*). - Sayre, G., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 19(3): 397. 1975 (on herb. and further coll.); Bryologist 80: 518. 1977 (Musci at BM and NY (Mitten). - Seemann, B.C., ed., Bonplandia 1: 92 (hon. memb. Pollichia), 93 (returned to London), 239 (Dr. phil. h.c. Göttingen 9 Nov 1853). 1853, 2: 43-44 (on species dubiae), 151-157 (anticriticism against G.M. Wenderoth, see Bot. Zeit. 12; 218-1854)1 183 (polemics H. v. Mohl), 196 (polemics Heyfelder/Dittrich). 1854, 3: 297-298. 1855 (on origin and early history of Bonplandia), 305-306, 321-322 (id.). 1855, 4: 93-94. 1856 (on effective publication), 5: 225 (to Canada; Klotzsch interim editor), 320 (back from tour Canada (U.S.) 1857, 6: 20 ("Adjunct" Leopoldina), 39 (cognomen Leopoldina: Bonpland), 132 (gold medal Arts Sci. Hannover). 1858, 8: 187. 1860 (on his way to Fiji), 9: 38 (back from Fiji at Alexandria), 92 (back in London 10 Mar 1861), 244 (to "Naturforscher", Speyer), 253-262 (first publ. on Plantae vitienses). 1861, 10: 170. 1862 (on itin. Europe-Australia) \[see also indexes for further notes\]. - Smith, A.C., Fl. vit. nova 1: 43, 45-46. 1979 (the *Fl. vit.* an outstanding publication for its period). - Trimen, H., J. Bot. 10: 1-7. 1872 (obit.). - Wagenitz, G., Index coll. princ. herb. Gott. 154-155. 1982. - Walpers, W.G., Bonplandia 2: 163-166, 176-178. 1854 (letters to B.C. Seemann). - Wilson, J.G. & J: Fiske, Appletons Cycl. Amer. biogr. 5: 453. 1888. #### Composite works - (1) Editor and translator of F.H. v. Kittlitz, *Twenty-four views of the vegetation... of the Pacific* 1861, see TL-2/3690. Was published 1-14 Aug 1862 fide Seemann, Bonplandia 9: 233. 1861 ("Vorige Woche"). - (2) *Descriptions* \[parts 20, 21; 1858, 1860\] *in* A. Hartinger, *Parad. vindob.* 1844-1860, see TL-2/2417. Additional copy seen: USDA. – Brief history of the book, mainly taken from the preface, evidently by B.C. Seemann, in Bonplandia 10: 100-102. 1862. - (3) Editor, *Bonplandia* 1-10, 1853-1862, see below. - (4) Editor, *Journal of Botany* 1-7, 1863-1869, see below. #### Travel reports *Herald* (1847-1851): *itinerary* in *Bot. Voy. Herald* 258-260. 1860. *Letter* by Seemann to W.J. Hooker *in* J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 1: 144-149, 185-188. 1849, 2: 151-158, 179-182, 361-369. 1850 (Mazatlan, Mexico, Nov. 13, 1849); *Abstract of journal* kept during Voyage: ib. 4: 18-26, 82-92, 212-217, 238-242. #### Eponymy *Seemannantha* Alefeld (1862); *Seemannaralia* R. Viguier (1906); *Seemannia* Regel (1855, *nom. cons.*). ### Publications ##### n.11.599. Die Volksnamen der amerikanischen Pflanzen **Title** *Die Volksnamen der amerikanischen Pflanzen*. The popular nomenclature of the American flora... Hannover (Carl Rümpler) 1851. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Volksnamen amer. Pfl.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Sep-Oct 1851 (p. \[iv\]: 19 Aug 1851; ÖbW 30 Oct 1851; Flora rd Sep-Oct 1851), cover-t.p., \[i\*-iv\*, German text\], \[i, t.p., -v\]\[, \[1\]-54, *Copies*: B-S, M, MO, NY, PH, U, USDA. *Ref*.: Schlechtendal, D.F.L. von, Bot. Zeit. 9: 832-833. 21 Nov 1851 (rev.). ##### n.11.600. Die in Europa eingeführten Acacien **Title** *Die in Europa eingeführten Acacien*, mit Berücksichtigung der gärtnerischen Namen, ... Hannover (Verlag von Carl Rümpler) 1852. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Eur. Acac*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jan-Feb 1852 (p. \[vii\]: Jan 1852; ÖbW 4 Mar 1852; Flora 28 Feb 1852; Hooker J. Bot. zKew Gard. Misc. Feb 1852), p. \[i-vii\], \[1\]-72, *pl. 1-2* (col. liths. J.D. Hooker). *Copies*: B, HH, LC, NSW, NY, USDA, WU. *Ref*.: S., Österr. bot. W. 2: 77-78. 4 Mar 1852 (rev.). - Schlechtendal, D.F.L. von, Bot. Zeit. 10: 413-415. 11 Jun 1852 (rev.). ##### n.11.601. The botany of the voyage of H.M.S. Herald **Title** *The botany of the voyage of H.M.S. Herald*, under the command of Captain Henry Kellett, R.N., C.B., during the years 1845-51. Published under the authority of the Lords Commissionars of the Admiralty by Berthold Seemann,... naturalist of the expedition... London (Lovell Reeve,...) 1852-1857. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Bot. voy. Herald*. **Notes** *Publ*.: in 10 parts, 1852-1857 (see below), p. \[i\]-vi, \[5\]-483, *pl. 1* (frontisp.), *2-45, 46/47, 48-100* (uncol. liths., mostly by W. Fitch, some by J.D. Hooker). *Copies*: B-S, BR, FI(1-4), HH, MO, NY, PH, Teyler, USDA; IDC 5739. – *Plates 11* and *12* are maps. The BR copy of part 1 has a preliminary t.p., dated 1852, and a dedication to Henry Kellett as p. \[1\] and \[3\]; the Summary of the Voyage starts on p. \[5\]; the last part (10) contained the definitive t.p. with new preface, in all vi pages, which accounts for the formula "\[i\]-vi, \[5\]". – For the sources of the dates and for the list below see TL-1/1218. Plates \[11\] and \[12\], unnumbered, are maps of "W. Esquimaux-land" and Panama. |part |pages |*plates* |dates| |--- |--- |--- |--- | |1 |5-56 |1-10 |Apr 1852| |2 |57-80 |11-20 |Aug 1852| |3 |81-120 |21-30 |Nov 1853| |4 |121-160 |31-40 |Feb 1854| |5 |161-200 |41-50 |Jul 1854| |6 |201-253 |51-60 |late 1854 (v. early 1855?)| |7, 8 |255-320 |61-80 |1856| |9 |321-360 |81-90 |Dec 1856| |10 |361-483, i-vi |91-100 |Mai-Jun 1857| Seemann sent part 1 \[only\] to Miquel on 17 Aug 1852. The last part included 16 pages to be substituted for pages previously published: 19-20, 107-108, 163-164, 203-204, 253-254, 279-280, 319-320, 345-346. Page 254 was blank as first issued but the 1857 reissue had final additions and corrections to the entire volume. *Collaborators*: Babington, Churchill (1821-1899), *Lichens*, p. 47-49, 246-248, 344-345, 432. Bentham, George (1800-1884), *Leguminosae*, p. 106, 176, 187, *Scrophularineae, Labiatae*. Grisebach, August Heinrich Rudolph (1814-1879), *Gentianaceae* p. 169-170, 318-319. Harvey, William Henry (1811-1866), *Algae* p. 49-50. Klotzsch, Johann Friedrich (1805-1860), *Euphorbiaceae* p. 99-106, 276-278. Liebmann, Frederik Michael (1813-1856), *Quercus* p. 251-252. Miers, John (1789-1879) *Menispermaceae* p. 76-78, *Solanaceae* p. 172-176. Miquel, Friedrich Anton Wilhelm (1818-1871) *Artocarpeae* p. 195-197, *Piperaceae* p. 198-200. Mitten, William (1819-1906), *Hepaticae* p. 245-246. Munro, William (1818-1880), *Cyperaceae* p. 422-423, *Gramineae* p. 423-424. Nees von Esenbeck, Christian Gottfried Daniel (1776-1858), *Cyperaceae* p. 221-223, *Gramineae*, p. 223-225. Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav (1824-1889), *Orchideae*, p. 214-215, 417-419. Scheer, Friedrich (1792-1868), *Cactaceae* p. 285-293. Schultz bipont., Carl Heinrich (1805-1867), *Compositae* p. 297-315. Smith, John (1798-1888), *Filices* p. 44, 226-243, 337-343, 425-431, *Lycopodiaceae* p. 243, 343-344, 431, *Equisetaceae* p. 244, *Marsileaceae* p. 244, 345. Steetz, Joachim (1804-1862), *Compositae* p. 139-163, 384-395. Wilson, William (1799-1871), *Musci* p. 44-46, 244-245, 344, 432. Liebmann, Frederik Michael (1813-1856), *Quercus* p. 251-252. *Parts*: I. Flora of Western Esquimaux-Land \[in Alaska lat. 65;-71; 28'\], p. \[9\]-56. 2. Flora of the Isthmus of Panama, \[57\]-254. 3. Flora of North Western Mexico, p. \[255\]-346. 4. Flora of Hongkong, p. \[347\]-432. Index p. 433-483, \[484 colophon\]. *Note*: Several contemporary sources mention a separate issue, 40 p., *8 pl*., of "Flora of Esquimaux-Land, including the Sound Flora 38: 106-112. 1855; Bot. Zeit. 24 Sep 1852; ÖbW 2: 358. 1852; Amer. J. Sci. Sep 1852), not seen by us. *Partial reprint*: *Flora of the Isthmus of Panama*. Reprinted from part ii of the Bot. Herald,... Panama, New Granada: Printed at the Office of the Star and Herald 1854 (LC copy signed Panama 14 Sep 1854), p. \[i\], \[1\]-7. *Copy*: LC. *German extract*: Flora des westlichen Eskimolandes, with additions: Bonplandia 1: 46-50, 54-57. 1853. *Spanish transl*. of Flora of the Isthmus of Panama: 1928, p. \[1\]-31. *Copies*: HH, MO, NY, US. – Introduccion a la flora del Istmo de Panama por B. Seemann (Traducido por Maria Luisa Meléndez y H. Pittier). Panama (Imprenta nacional) 1928. *Ref*.: Barnhart, J.H., Unpublished memoir in copy NY. - Britten, J., J. Bot. 27: 102-105. 1889 (on type coll. at BM), 59: 21-24. 1921 (list collaborators). - Lada-Mocarski, V., Bibl. books Alaska no. 138, p. 472 (coll.). - Schlechtendal, D.F.L. von, Bot. Zeit. 11: 162-163. 4 Mar 1853 (rev. parts 1-2). - Sprague, Th.A., J. Bot. 59: 22-23. 1921 (dates parts). - Steenis-Krusemann, M.J. von, Fl. males, ser. I.1: 481. 1900, Fl. males. Bull. 16: 824. 1961. ##### n.11.602. Narrative of the voyage of H.M.S. Herald **Title** *Narrative of the voyage of H.M.S. Herald* during the years 1845-51, under the command of captain Henry Kellett, R.N., C.B.; being a circumnavigation of the globe, and three cruizes to the arctic regions in search of Sir John Franklin. By Berthold Seemann,... London (Reeve and Co.,...) 1853, 2 vols. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Narr. voy. Herald*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jan 1853 (p. xi: 31 Dec 1852; J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. Apr 1853, rev.; Bonplandia 1, 15 Feb 1853, "published"). *1*: \[i-ii\], frontisp., \[iii\]-xvi, map, \[1\]-322. *2*: \[i-ii\], frontisp., \[iii\]-vii, \[1\]-302. *Copies*: G, HH, PH. *German ed*.: 1 Jul-14 Sep 1853 (p. x: 20 Jun 1853; Bonplandia 15 Sep 1853; ÖbW 8 Dec 1853. *1*: \[i-ii\], frontisp., \[iii\]-xiii, \[1\]-335, map. *2*: \[i\]-vii, \[1\]-294, *2 pl*. (liths.). *Copy*: PH. – "*Reise um die Welt* und drei Fahrten der königlich britischen Fregatte Herald nach dem nördlichen Polarmeere zur Aufsuchung Sir John Franklin's in den Jahren 1845-1851..." Hannover (Carl Rümpler) 1853, 2 vols. Oct. (*Reise Welt*). – Text amended, some plates added. *Extracts German ed*.: Bonplandia 1: 127-130, 137-140, 162-164, 174-176, 200-202, 224-226. 1853. *Ref*.: Lada-Mocarski, V., Bibl. books Alsaka 478-480. 1969 (collation). - Schlechtendal, D.F.L. von, Bot. Zeit. 11: 781-782. 4 Nov 1853 (rev. German ed.). ##### n.11.603. Bonplandia **Title** *Bonplandia*. Zeitschrift für die gesammte Botanik. Officielles Organ der K.L.-C. Akademie der Naturforscher. Herausgegeben von Wilhelm E.G. Seemann,... Berthold Seemann,... "Nunquam otiosus" i.\[-x.\] Jahrgang. Hannover (Verlag von Carl Rümpler), London (Williams and Norgate,...), Paris (Fr. Klincksieck,...) 1853-1862, 10 vols. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Bonplandia*. **Notes** *Co-editor*: Wilhelm Eduard Gottfried Seemann (x-1868), brother of B.C. Seemann. *Note*: the front pages of the individual, two-weekly issues of vols. 1-3 mention only Berthold Seemann as editor, whereas both are mentioned on the volume t.p.-'s. From vol. 4 onward both are mentioned as editors in each number. *1*: 1853, 25 nos. published on the first and fifteenth of each month; nos. 1 & 2 on 1 Jan), p. \[i\]-vii, \[1\]-262. – Heading on issues for 1 Jan-15 Jun 1853:... Zeitschrift für angewandte Botanik; from 1 Jul onward as on vol. t.p.: "Zeitschrift für die gesammte Botanik... Naturforscher". On p. 1: "Diese Zeitung soll dem praktischen Leben gewidmet sein..." *2*: 1854, 24 nos. (id.), p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-296, *pl. 1.* *3*: 1855, 24 nos. (id.), p. \[i\]-vi, \[1\]-346, *pl. 1-3.* *4*: 1856, 24 nos. (id.), p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-400, frontisp. portrait of A. Bonpland. – Issue titles have from no. 1/2, 15 Jan 1856 onward: "Redaction: Berthold Seemann in London. W.E.G. Seemann in Hannover". *5*: 1857, 24 nos. (id.), p. \[i\]-vi, \[1\]-364. – Imprint on t.p. has in addition: New York (B. Westermann & Co....). *6*: 1858, 24 nos. (id., 23/24 combined, p. \[i\]-vii, \[1\]-410. *7*: 1859, 24 nos. (id.), \[i\]-v, \[1\]-344, cancel p. 49-50. *8*: 1860, 24 nos. (id.: 23/24 combined), \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-391. – "*Bonplandia*. Zeitschrift für die gesammte Botanik. Organ für Botaniker, Pharmaceuten, Gärtner und Landwirthe", but on issue titles: "Forst- und Landwirthe". *9*: 1861, 24 nos. (id.), \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-378, *1 col. pl.* "*Bonplandia*,... Gärtner, Forst- und Landwirthe". *10*: 1862, 24 nos. (id.), \[i\]-ix, \[1\]-372, *10 col. pl.* by W. Fitch. *Copies*: U; IDC 328. – Succeeded by *The Journal of Botany, British and Foreign*, 1863-1945. *Ref*.: Sarton, G., *in* Sarton on the history of science 262-264. 1962. ##### n.11.604. Popular history of the palms **Title** *Popular history of the palms* and their allies, containing a familiar account of their structure, geographical and geological distribution, history, properties, and uses, and a complete list of all the species introduced into our gardens,... London (Lovell Reeve, ...) 1856. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Pop. hist. palms*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jan-Mar 1856 (p. xiv: 8 Dec 1855; Hooker J. Bot. Mar 1856), p. \[i\]-xvi, \[1\]-359, *pl. 1-20* (col. liths. J.C. Frank). *Copies*: Liverpool Chemist's Association; B-G, B-S, Ewan, HH, MO, NSW, NY, US, USDA. *German ed*. \[*1*\]: 1857 (ÖbW 19 Nov 1857; Bot. Zeit. rev. 20 Nov 1857), p. \[i-ii\], frontisp., \[iii\]-xii, \[xiii\], \[1\]-258, *6 pl*. (uncol.). *Copies*: B-G, B-S, Ewan, FI, HH, NY. – "*Die Palmen*. Populäre Naturgeschichte derselben und ihrer Verwandten. Nebst einem vollständigen Verzeichniss aller bisher in unsere Gärten eingeführte Arten von Berthold Seemann,... Unter Mitwirkung des Verfassers Deutsch bearbeitet von Dr. Carl Bolle,... Leipzig (Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann) 1857. Oct. (*Palmen*). *Translator*: Carl August Bolle (1821-1909). *German ed. 2*: 1863 (p. x: 1 Nov 1862; J. Bot. Mai 1863), p. \[i\], frontisp., \[iii\]-x, \[xi\], \[1\]-368, *6 pl*. (not 7) (uncol. liths.). *Copies*: B, Ewan, FI, G, HH, MICH, MO, NY, U, USDA. – Zweite Auflage, Leipzig (id.) 1863. Oct. *German extract*: Bonplandia 4: 66-69. 1 Mar 1856, *Die Palmen im nördlichen Europa*. *Ref*.: Hooker, W.J., J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 8: 88-92. 18 Mar 1856. - Schlechtendal, D.F.L. von, Bot. Zeit. 15: 823-824. 20 Nov 1857 (rev.). ##### n.11.605. The British ferns at one view **Title** *The British ferns at one view*,... London (John Van Voorst,...) 1860 \[chart\]. **Abbreviated title**: *Brit. ferns*. **Notes** *Artist*: Walter Hood Fitch (1817-1892). *Publ*.: 1860 or early 1861 (plate dated 1860; Bonplandia 1 Mai 1861; Bot. Zeit. 27 Dec 1861, rev.; a folded chart (col. lith.) with text. *Copy*: HH. *Ref*.: Schlechtendal, D.F.L. von, Bot. Zeit. 19: 391. 20 Dec 1861 (rev.). ##### n.11.606. Synopsis Crescentiacearum **Title** I. *Synopsis Crescentiacearum*: an enumeration of all the crescentiaceous plants at present known. \[Trans. Linn. Soc. 23(1) 1860\]. Qu. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1 Nov 1860 (in journal, S. Raphael, Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 2(1): 70. 1970), p. \[1\]-22. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Trans Linn. Soc., London 23(1): 1-22. 1 Nov 1860. ##### n.11.607. Hannoversche Sitten und Gebräuche **Title** *Hannoversche Sitten und Gebräuche* in ihrer Beziehung zur Pflanzenwelt, ein Beitrag zur Culturgeschichte Deutschlands. Populäre Vorträge... von Dr. Berthold Seemann, ... Leipzig (Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann) 1862. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Hannov. Sitt. Gebr.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Jan-Apr 1862 (p. x: 30 Nov 1861; ÖbW 1 Mai 1862; Bot. Zeit. 2 Mai 1862), p. \[i\]-x, \[1\]-93, \[94, colo.\]. *Copies*: B, HH, NY. – Previously published in F. Otto, Allg. Gartenzeit. ##### n.11.608. Synopsis plantarum vitiensium **Title** *Synopsis plantarum vitiensium*, systematic list of all the Fijian plants at present known. \[London (John Edward Taylor, printer...) s.d. \[1872\]. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Syn. pl. vit.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1862, p. \[1\]-17. *Copies*: G, NY. – Preprinted or reprinted from B.C. Seemann, *Viti*, 1862, p. 431-447, see below. – The copy at BM(NH) contains Seemann's manuscript notes. – Names only; no descriptions. *Ref*.: Schlechtendal, D.F.L. von, Bot. Zeit. 21: 7-8. 2 Jan 1863 (rev.). ##### n.11.609. Viti **Title** *Viti*: an account of a government mission to the Vitian or Fijian Islands in the years 1860-61... Cambridge (Macmillan & Co.,...) 1862. **Abbreviated title**: *Viti*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1 Oct-14 Nov 1862 (p. x: 30 Sep 1862; Bonplandia 15 Nov 1862 "so eben"), p. \[i-ii\], frontisp., \[iii\]-xv, map, \[1\]-447, *3 pl*. (col. liths.). *Copies*: HH, MO, NY, PH, US, USDA. Has a section on plants with a systematic list of plants on p. 431-447, reprinted (or preprinted) as *Syn. pl. vit*., see above. *Facsimile ed*.: 1973, Folkestone (Dawson), also New York (Barnes & Noble), with a new introduction by Philip Snow, Colonial history series 85, ISBN 0-7129-0564-2. ##### n.11.610. The Journal of Botany **Title** *The Journal of Botany*, British and Foreign. Edited by Berthold Seemann,... "Nunquam otiosus"... London (Robert Hardwicke,...) Edinburgh (Andrew Elliot, ...), Paris (J. Rothschild), Leipzig (L. Denicke), New York (Westermann) 1863-1945, 80 vols. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *J. Bot.* **Notes** *Publ*.: in monthly parts, all dated; several volumes with independently paged supplements. *Copies*: U; IDC 399. *Editors*: (1) Berthold Seemann, sole editor vols. 1-7, 1863-1869, assisted by John Gilbert Baker (1834-1920) and Henry Trimen (1843-1896) for vols. 8-9, 1870-1871. - (2) Henry Trimen, assisted by J.G. Baker, vols. 9-13, 1872-1875 (new series 1-4). - (3) Henry Trimen, sole editor, vol. 14, 1876 (n.s. 5). - (4) Henry Trimen, assisted by Spencer Le Marchant Moore (1850-1931), vols. 15-17, 1877-1879 (n.s. 6-8). - (5) James Britten (1846-1924), vols. 18-62, 1880-1924 (vols. 18-20 also as n.s. 9-11). - (6) Alfred Barton Rendle (1865-1938), vols. 63-75, 1925-1937. - (7) John Ramsbottom (1885-1974), vols. 76-80, 1938-1945 (vol. 80, no. 956, August 1942, was published July, 1945). *Title*: (1) The Journal of Botany, British and Foreign, vols. *1-17*, 1863-1879, and *21-80*, 1883-1945. - (2) Trimen's Journal of Botany, British and Foreign, vols. 18-20, 1880-1882. For some timeafter Seemann's death the journal continued to be referred to unofficially as *Seemann's Journal of Botany*; this, however, never appeared on the official t.p.'s. *Imprints*: (1) London (Robert Hardwicke,...), as in heading, vols. 1-5, 1863-1868. - (2) London (L. Reeve and Co.,...), vols. 6-7. 1868-1869. - (3) London (Taylor and Co.,...), vols. 8-10. 1870-1872. - (4) London (Ranken & Co.,...), vols. 11-15. 1873-1877. - (5) London (West, Newman & Co.,...), vols. 16-53. 1878-1915. - (6) London (Adlard & Son and West Newman), vol. 54. 1916. - (7) London (Taylor and Francis,...), vols. 55-80. 1917-1945. *Frontipiece portraits*: Berthold *Seemann*, vol. 10 (1872). Friedrich \[Martin Joseph\] *Welwitsch*, (1806-1876), vol. 11 (1873). John Joseph *Bennett*, vol. 14. 1876. Alexander \[Carl Heinrich\] *Braun*, (1805-1877), vol. 15. 1877. Elias \[Magnus\] *Fries*, (1794-1878), vol. 17. 1879. John *Miers* (1789-1879), vol. 18. 1880. Hewitt Cottrell *Watson* (1804-1881), vol. 19. 1881. George Stacey *Gibson* (1818-1883), vol. 21. 1883. George *Bentham* (1800-1884), vol. 22. 1884. William Williamson *Newbould* (1819-1886), vol. 24. 1886. Henry Fletcher *Hance* (1827-1886), vol. 25. 1887. Thomas Richard Archer *Briggs* (1836-1891), vol. 29. 1891. Henry *Trimen* (1843-1896), vol. 34. 1896. Charles Cordale *Babington* (1808-1895), vol. 35, 1897. John Gilbert *Baker* (1834-1920), vol. 39. 1901. Joseph Dalton *Hooker* (1817-1911), vol. 42. 1904. Richard Paget *Murray* (1842-1908), vol. 47. 1909. James *Britten*, (1846-1924), vol. 50. 1912. ##### n.11.611. Histoire naturelle du genre Borassus **Title** *Histoire naturelle du genre Borassus* de Linné... \[Extrait de la Belgique horticole, 1864\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1864, p. \[1\]-14. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Belg. hort. 1864: 11-14. Jan, 54-58. Feb, 119-124. Mar-Apr 1874. ##### n.11.612. Histoire naturelle du genre Areca **Title** *Histoire naturelle du genre Areca*, de Linné... \[Extrait de la Belgique horticole, 1864\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1864, p. \[1\]-6. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Belg. hort. 1864: 279-284. Aug-Sep 1864. Text taken from *Pop. hist. palms*, translated by Alfred de Borre. ##### n.11.613. Flora vitiensis **Title** *Flora vitiensis*: a description of the plants of the Viti or Fiji Islands with an account of their history, uses, and properties. By Berthold Seemann,... with one hundred plates by Walter Fitch,... London (L. Reeve and Co.,...) 1865-1873. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. vit.* **Notes** *Publ*.: in 10 parts 1865-1873 (see below), p. \[i\*-ii\*\], portr. of Seemann, \[i\]-xxxiii, \[3\]-453, *pl. 1-100* (col. liths. Walter Fitch) (*pl. 2*: map). *Copies*: B-S, BM, BR, FI, G, HH, MO, NY, PH, Teyler, U-V (part 10); IDC 329. – On p. xxxi-xxxiii a biographical account, anonymous, perhaps by W. Carruthers. – The dates of printing-off (not necessarily of publication!) are given on the sheets beginning with Sig. R. (p. 121); p. 325 to the end were not, however, issued till February 1873. |part |pages |*plates* |dates| |--- |--- |--- |--- | |1 |1-40 |1-10 |Mar 1865| |2 |41-80 |11-20 |11-20 Jun 1865| |3 |81-120 |21-30 |Jan 1866| |4 |121-144 |31-40 |2 Apr 1866| |5 |145-196 |41-50 |1 Oct 1866| |6 |197-236 |51-60 |1 Oct 1867| |7 |237-268 |61-70 |28 Feb 1868| |8 |269-292 |71-80 |31 Jul 1868| |9 |293-324 |81-90 |1 Oct 1868| |10 |325-453, i-xxxiii, front |91-100 |Feb 1873| Number of copies printed: 150. *Facsimile ed*.: 1977, J. Cramer, in der A.R. Gantner Verlag Kommanditgesellschaft FL-9490, Vaduz, ISBN 3-7682-1144-4, Historiae naturalis classica tomus 103, p. \[i\*\*-iv\*\* new front pages\], \[i\*-ii\*, on ii\* the portrait of Seemann\], \[i\]-xxxiii, *pl. 1* (on verso of xxxiii), \[3\]-453, *pl. 2* (map, on verso of 453), *3-100. Copy*: FAS. – See Taxon 26: 471. 1977. *Dates*: See Stearn (1963); additional data: part 1 "has been published", J. Bot. 3: 72. Feb 1865; part 2 "completed", 3: 198. Jun 1865; part 3 "now ready", 3: 390. Dec 1865; part 4 "has been published", 4: 128. Apr 1866; part 5: "has just been published", 4: 335. Oct 1866; part 7 "has just been completed", 6: 94. Mar 1868; part 8: "has... just published", 6: 288. Sep 1868; part 10: "new", 11: 95. Mar 1879. *Collaborators*: Babington, Churchill (1821-1899), lichens. Berkeley, Miles Joseph (1803-1889), fungi. Carruthers, William (1830-1922), ferns. Crombie, James Morrison (1830-1906). Gray, Asa (1810-1888), compared Fiji plants with set plants from U.S. Exploring Exp. (Wilkes). Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav (1824-1889), Orchideae. Schott, Heinrich Wilhelm (1794-1865), Araceae. Smith, Worthington George, fungi. Wendland, Hermann (1823-1903), Palmae. *Ref*.: Gray, A., J. Bot. 11: 181-182. 1873. - Stearn, W.T., J. Soc. Bibl. nat. Hist. 4: 151-152. 1963, Fl. males. Bull. 18: 1012. 1963, 19: 1148. 1964. ##### n.11.614. Revision of the natural order Hederaceae **Title** *Revision of the natural order Hederaceae*, being a reprint. with numerous additions and corrections, of a series of papers published in the Journal of Botany. British and foreign... London (L. Reeve and Co.,...) 1868. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Rev. Hederac.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1868, p. \[i\], \[1\]-107, \[108\], *pl. 1-7* (uncol. liths. W. Fitch). *Copies*: MICH, NY. *Original publ*.: J. Bot. 2: 235-250. 1 Aug, 289-309. 1 Oct 1864. 3: 73-81. 1 Feb, 173-181. 1 Jun, 265-276. 1 Sep, 361-363. 1 Dec 1865. 4: 293-299. 1 Dec, 352-353-.1 Nov 1866. 5: 236-239. 1 Aug, 285-286. 1 Oct 1867. 6: 52-58. 1 Feb, 129-142. 1 Mai, 161-165. 1 Jun 1868. ##### n.11.615. Dottings on the roadside **Title** *Dottings on the roadside*, in Panama, Nicaragua, and Mosquito... London (Chapman and Hall,...) 1869. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Dottings roadside*. **Notes** *Co-author*: Bedford Pim. *Publ*.: 1869 (J. Bot. Aug 1869), p. \[i\]-xvi, *pl*. \[*1-6*\], 2 maps. *Copies*: LC, Liverpool Free Public Libr., NSUB. – Extract: J. Bot. 7: 271-279. 1869.