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### Author
Thomson, Spencer (c. 1817-1886), British physician and popular writer on botany and medicine; MD St. Andrews 1840; practicing physician at Burton-on-Trent and Torquay.
**Abbreviated name**: *Sp. Thomson* \[standard form in IPNI: *S.Thomson*\]
#### Herbarium and types
Unknown.
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 3: 379; BB p. 300; BM 5: 2100; CSP 5: 970; Desmond p. 609 (d. 12 Aug 1886); Jackson p. 42, 51; NI 3: 64 (195on); PR 9231-9232; Rehder 1: 400, 401.
#### Biofile
- Allibone, S.A., Crit. dict. Engl. bot. 3: 2404. 1878.
- Freeman, R.B., Brit. nat. hist. books 340. 1980.
### Publications
##### n.14.268. Wanderings among the wild flowers
**Title**
*Wanderings among the wild flowers*: how to see and how to gather them. With two chapters on the economical and medicinal uses of our native plants... London 1854. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Wander. wild fl.*
**Notes**
*Ed*. \[*1*\]: 1854 (p. viii: Jun 1854), p. \[i\]-xix, \[1\]-318, n.v.
*Ed. 2*: 1854, p. \[i\]-xix, \[1\]-318, n.v.
*Ed. 3*: 1856, p. \[i\]-xix, \[1\]-314. *Copy*: NY. – London (William Wesley,...) 1856.
*Ed. 4*: 1857, frontisp., p. \[i\*-ii\*\], \[i\]-xx, \[21\]-309, \[310\], *pl. 1-7* (col., Noel Humphreys).
*Copy*: NY (1859). "*Wild flowers*: how... New edition, revised..." London (Routledge, Warner, and Routledge,...); also: New York (18, Beekman Street) 1859. Oct., *copy*: NY.
*New edition*: 1864, p. \[i\]-xvi, \[21\]-322, *pl. 1-8. Copy*: NY. – "*Wild flowers*: where to find, and how to know them..." London (id.), New York (id.). 1864. Oct.
*New edition*: s.d. p. \[i\]-xvi, \[21\]-322, *pl. 1-8. Copy*: B-S. – London (George Routledge and Sons,...) New York (9 Lafayette Place) s.d.
##### n.14.269. Wayside weeds
**Title**
*Wayside weeds* or, botanical lessons from the lanes and hedgerows. With a chapter on classification... London (Groombridge and Sons,...) 1864. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Wayside weeds*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1864, p. \[i\]-xii, \[1\]-212. *Copy*: NY.