> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 748](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33212790) of TL-2 Vol. VI > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/11208-1) LSID 11208-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2596187) QID Q2596187 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Vines, Sydney Howard (1849-1934), British botanist; B.Sc. London 1873; BA Cambridge 1875; D.Sc. London 1879; fellow and lecturer Christ's College Cambridge 1876-1888; worked with J. Sachs, Würzburg 1877; reader in botany Univ. Cambridge 1883-1888; Sherardian professor of botany, Oxford and fellow of Magdalen College 1888-1919; president Linnean Society 1900-1904. **Abbreviated name**: *Vines* \[standard form in IPNI: *Vines*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection OXF|OXF]] (but see Clokie: "very few \[specimens\] have been discovered..." – *Letters* at [[Collection FH|FH]], [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection UPS|UPS]]-UB. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 439; BM 5: 2242, 8: 1371-1372; Clokie p. 259; CSP 11: 704-705, 19: 365; Desmond p. 631 (b. 31 Dec 1949, d. 4 Apr 1934); De Toni 1: cxxvii; DNB 1931-1940: 881-882 (T.G.B. Osborn); GR p. 418; Hortus 3: 1206; LS 27848-27851, 40259; Moebius p. 250, 284, 293, 310; Morren ed. 10, p. 71, 74; MW p. 516; NI 3: 59; NW p. 10; Rehder 5: 885; SO 2852; TL-2/see S. Schönland; Tucker 1: 722, 2: xxxix; Zander ed. 10, p. 728, ed. 11, p. 831. #### Biofile - Allen, D.H., Naturalist in Britain 181, 183, 185. 1976. - Anon., Bot. Centralbl. 36: 32. 1888 (app. OXF); Bot. Jahrb. 10 (Beibl. 23): I. 1889 (app. OXF); Bot. Zeit. 46: 498. 1888 (app. OXF); Brit. Mus. gen. cat. books 249: 322-323. 1964; Cat. gén. livr. impr. Bibl. natl., Paris 211: 534-535. 1972; Gard. Chron. 95: 285. 1935 (obit.); Nat. Nov. 10: 260. 1888 (succeeds J.B. Balfour at OXF), 22: 227. 1920 (retirement); The Times 6 Apr 1934; Who's who \[London\], entries in editions 1898-1932; Who was who \[U.K.\] 3 (1929-1940): 1392. - Bower, F.O., Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1934: 134-135; Sixty years of botany in Britain 14-15, 51-54. 1938; Proc. Linn. Soc. 146: 173-179. 1934 (obit., portr.). - Bridson, G.D.R., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 334.75. 1980. - Druce, G.C., Bot. Soc. Exch. Cl. Brit. Isl. Rep. 7(1): 365-366. 1923. - Gage, A.T., Hist. Linn. Soc. London 83, 86, 91, 116. 1938. - Gilmour, J.S.L., British botanists 43-45. 1944. - Hammerton, J.A., Concise univ. biogr. 1340. s.d. - Lowden, R.M., Taxon, Index pers. names vols. 1-30. 764. 1985. - Mägdefrau, K., Gesch. Bot. 132. 1973. - Morton, A.G., Hist. bot. Sci. 441. 1981. - Oliver, D., Makers Brit. bot. 8-43. 1913. - Plarr, V.G., ed., Men and women of the time ed. 14. 863. 1895. - Rendle, A.B., J. Bot. 72: 139-141. 1934 (obit.); Obit. Not. Fell. R. Soc. 3: 185-188. 1934 (obit., portr.). - Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 6: 63, 68. 1941. - Vines, S.H. & D.H. Scott, New Phytologist 24: 1-86. 1925 (reminescences of their study in Germany with Sachs and de Bary). - Walters, S.M., Shaping Cambr. bot. 67, 70, 72, 75, 77, 78, 80, 83, 84. 1981. - W., F.E., Nature 133: 675-677. 1934 (obit.). #### Composite works - (1) Editor and author of appendix, J. Sachs, *Text-book of botany*, ed. 2, 1882, TL-2/9954. - (2) Translator and author of revisions, K.A.E. Prantl, *An elementary textbook of botany*, London 1880, Philadelphia 1880, TL-2/8268, other editions 1881, 1883, 1885, 1893. - (3) With F.O. Bower, *A course of practical instruction in botany*, 2 parts, London 1885-1887, London & New York 1888. - (4) Co-founder of *Annals of Botany* 1887; co-editor 1887-1899. - (5) Editor, G.C. Druce, *The Dillenian herbaria*, an account of the Dillenian collections in the herbarium of the University of Oxford.. Oxford 1907. - (6) Contributed to part 2, 1920, of G.C. Druce, *Account of the herbarium of the University of Oxford*. ### Publications ##### n.16.203. The **Title** *The* "*pro-embryo*" *of Chara*: an essay in morphology... Reprinted from the Journal of Botany... 1878. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Dec 1878 (in journal), p. \[i\], \[1\]-9. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Bot. 7: 355-363. 1878. ##### n.16.204. On alternation of generations in the Thallophytes **Title** *On alternation of generations in the Thallophytes*... Reprinted from the Journal of Botany... 1879. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Nov 1879 (in journal), p. \[1\]-7. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Bot. 8: 321-327. 1879. ##### n.16.205. A course of practical instruction in botany **Title** *A course of practical instruction in botany*... London (Macmillan and Co.) 1885-1887 \[part 2: London, New York, id.\], 2 parts. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Course instr. bot.* **Notes** *Senior author*: Frederick Orpen Bower (1855-1948), see TL-2/1: 297; *preface*: William Turner Thiselton-Dyer (1843-1928). *1*: 1885 (p. vii: Dec 1884; J. Bot. Apr 1885; Bot. Gaz. Mai 1885 (rev.); Nat. Nov. Apr(2) 1885), p. \[i\]-xi, \[1\]-226. *2*: 1887 (p. vi: Jun 1887; Bot. Centralbl. 12-16 Sep 1887; Bot. Gaz. Nov 1887 (rev.); Nat. Nov. Aug(2) 1887), p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-144. *Copies*: NY, PH. ##### n.16.206. A student's text-book of botany **Title** *A student's text-book of botany*... London (Swan Sonnenschein & Co.), New York (Macmillan & Co.) \[1894-\] 1895. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Stud. text-book bot.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1894-1895 (p. 1-430: 1894, see below), p. \[i\]-xvi, \[1\]-821. *Copies*: HH(2). *First half*: 1894 (p. \[v\]: Jan 1894), p. \[i\]-x, \[1\]-430. *Copy*: HH. – First half issued separately). ##### n.16.207. An account of the herbarium of the University of Oxford **Title** *An account of the herbarium of the University of Oxford*... Oxford (at the Clarendon Press) 1897. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Acc. herb. Oxford*. **Notes** *Co-author*: George Claridge Druce (1850-1932) (part 2). \[*1*\]: 1897 (p. 4: Jun 1897), p. \[i-ii\], \[1\]-20. *2*: 1919, p. \[i-ii\], 21-55, \[56, colo.\]. *Copy*: HH. ##### n.16.208. An elementary text-book of botany **Title** *An elementary text-book of botany*... London (Swan Sonnenschein & Co....), New York (The Macmillan Company) 1898. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Elem. text-book bot.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1898 (p. vi: Jul 1898; Bot. Zeit. 1 Jan 1899; Bot. Centralbl. 13 Jan 1899; Nat. Nov. Nov(1) 1898), p. \[i\]-vi, \[vii, err.\], ix-xv, \[1\]-611. *Copies*: G, MO, NY. *Preceded by*: *An elementary text-book of botany* translated from the German of Dr. K. Prantl, ... the translation revised by S.H. Vines,... see under K. Prantl, TL-2/8268, 5 editions 1880, 1881, 1883, 1885, 1893. *Ref*.: Coulter, J.M., Bot. Gaz. 27: 141-142. 1899 (rev.). - Rendle, A.B., J. Bot. 37: 41-43. 1899 (rev.). ##### n.16.209. A student's text-book of botany **Title** *A student's text-book of botany*... London (Swan Sonnenschein & Co....), New York (the Macmillan Co.) 1902. **Abbreviated title**: *Stud. text-book bot.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1894-1895, in two "halves". *Copies*: MO, NY. *First half*: Jan 1894 (p. \[v\]: Jan 1894; Bot. Zeit. 16 Jun 1894; Bot. Centralbl. 28 Feb 1894; Nat. Nov. Feb(2) 1894), p. \[i\]-x, \[1\]-430. \[*Second half*\]: Mar 1895 (Bot. Zeit. 16 Aug 1895; Bot. Centralbl. 3 Apr 1895; Nat. Nov. Apr(1) 1895), p. \[i\]-xvi, 431-821. *Reprinted* (*1*) Jan 1896, p. \[i\]-xvi, \[1\]-821. *Copies*: MICH, NY. – With corrections. *Reprinted* (*2*) Feb 1902, p. \[i\]-xvi, \[1\]-821. *Copies*: G, NY. *Reprinted* (*3*) Jan 1910 (n.v.). *Ref*.: Murray, G., J. Bot. 32: 120-122. 1894 (rev.). ##### n.16.210. An account of the Morisonian herbarium **Title** *An account of the Morisonian herbarium* in the possession of the University of Oxford together with biographical and critical sketches of Morison and the two Bobarts and their works and the early history of the Physic Garden 1619-1720... Oxford (at the Clarendon Press) 1914. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Acc. Morison. herb.* **Notes** *Junior author*: George Claridge Druce (1850-1932). *Publ*.: 1914 (ÖbZ for Mai 1914; Bot. Centralbl. 21 Jul 1914; Nat. Nov. Apr(2) 1914), frontisp., p. \[i\]-lxviii, \[1\]-350, 4 portr. *Copies*: B-S, BR, G, HH, MO, PH, USDA.