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### Author
Stout, Arlow Burdette (1876-1957), American botanist; A.B. Univ. Wisconsin 1909; instructor in botany ib. 1909-1911; Dr. phil. Columbia Univ. 1913; director of laboratories, New York Botanical Garden 1911-1937; curator of education and laboratories ib. 1938-1947; curator emeritus 1948-1957.
**Abbreviated name**: *Stout* \[standard form in IPNI: *Stout*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection NY|NY]]; further material at [[Collection US|US]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 3: 336 (b. 10 Mar 1876, d. 12 Oct 1957); Bossert p. 385; Hirsch p. 289; Hortus 3: 1205; Langman p. 724; Lenley p. 389-396 (sic); LS suppl. 26881-26884; MW p. 473, suppl. 335; SIA 7073; Tucker 3: 297.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Amer. men sci. eds. 3-9. 1921-1955; Gard. Chron. ser. 3. 89: 102. 1931; Index Amer. bot. lit. 1886-1966. 4: 285-289. 1969 (bibl.); Nat. Nov. 33: 573. (app. NYBG); Who's who Amer. 17-26. 1932-1951; Who was who Amer. 3: 826. 1960.
- Fulling, E.H., Garden J. 8: 52-55, 58-59, 89-92. 1958 (on S.'s research).
- Rickett, H.W., Index Bull. Torrey bot. Club 96. 1955.
- Robbins, W.J., Science 127: 1034. 1958 (obit.).
- Stout, A.B., An autobiography, reprinted from Herbertia 6: 30-40. 1939 (repr. p. 1-11, portr.).
- Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 2: 347. 1936, 3: 310, 311, 312, 326, 329, 368. 1937, 4: 276, 285. 1938, 5: 77, 277. 1939, 6: 430. 1941.
#### Note
Arthur B. Stout 1814-1898 was ship's surgeon on a vessel sailing from New York to San Francisco in 1849; in San Francisco 1849-1898. – The herbarium of the plant collector and pteridologist William Stout (d. 1881) is at BRU; duplicates at GH, LIV, YU. See C.A. Weatherby, Amer. Fern J. 18(2): 37-45. 1928 and Ewan ed. 2: 214.
### Publications
##### n.13.215. A Sclerotium disease of Blue Joint
**Title**
*A Sclerotium disease of Blue Joint* and other grasses... Madison, Wisconsin... 1911. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Jun 1911, cover-t.p., p. \[207\]-261. *Copy*: Stevenson. – Reprinted and to be cited from Res. Bull. Univ. Wisc. Agr. Expt. Sta. 18: 207-261. 1911.
##### n.13.216. The origin of dwarf plants
**Title**
*The origin of dwarf plants* as shown in a sport of Hibiscus oculiroseus... New York 1915. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 22 Sep 1915 (in journal); reprint p. 1 dated 23 Sep 1915), cover-t.p., p. 429-450, *pl. 26-27.* 1915. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Torrey bot. Club 42: 429-450, *pl. 26-27.* 1915. – Contr. New York Bot. Gard. no. 181.
##### n.13.217. The establishment of varieties in Coleus
**Title**
*The establishment of varieties in Coleus* by the selection of somatic variations... Washington, D.C. (published by the Carnegie Institution of Washington) 1915. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Var. Coleus*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 7 Oct 1915, p. \[i-ii\], \[1\]-80, *pl. 1-4. Copy*: PH.
##### n.13.218. Daylilies
**Title**
*Daylilies* the wild species and garden clones, both old and new, of the genus Hemerocallis... New York (The MacMillan Company 1934. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Daylilies*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Mar 1934 (p. iv, MO rd. 5 Mai 1934), p. \[i-ii\], frontisp., p. \[iii\]-x, \[xi\], 1-119, *pl. 1-36* (*1* = frontisp.). *Copies*: B-S, HH, MO, NY.