> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 142](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33259646) of TL-2 Suppl. VII > Author links: [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123682311) QID Q123682311 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Ferguson, William Cashman (1861-1930), American chemist and leading authority on copper smelting, born 19 Nov 1861 in Brooklyn, New York, Ph.D. (chemistry) 1887 Columbia Univ., New York City, late in life developed an interest in botany and became an authority on the flora of Long Island, died 3 Jun 1930 in Hempstead (Long Island), New York. **Abbreviated name**: *W.C. Ferguson* #### Herbarium and types [[Collection NY|NY]] (orig.), duplicates [[Collection BKG|BKG]] \[[[Collection BKL|BKL]]?\], [[Collection HH (sensu TL-2)|HH]]. – Field books and other archival materials are in [[Collection NY|NY]] (William Cashman Ferguson papers); additional corr. in [[Collection GH|GH]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 536; BL 1: 201, 295; IH 2: 194; Lenley p. 164; Pennell p. 606. #### Biofile - Taylor, N., 1931. Torreya 31(2): 50-51. ### Publications ##### n.34.290. interesting plants **Title** Some *interesting plants* from *Long Island*, N.Y.... Reprinted... from the Torreya ... 1922. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Mai-Jun 1922 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. 43-49. *Copies*: HH, NY(3). – Reprinted and to be cited from Torreya 22: 43-49. 1922. *Note*: This publication should be considered as the first in a series "Contributions to the flora of Long Island, N.Y." (see nr. 34.291 below). ##### n.34.291. Contributions **Title** *Contributions* to the *flora* of *Long Island*, N.Y., second paper... Bulletin of Torrey Botanical Club... 1924. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 13 Jun 1924 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. 177-201. *Copies*: HH, NY, US. – Reprinted and to be cited from the Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 51(5): 177-201. 1924. *Third paper*: 18 Mai 1925 (in journal), p. 133-136. *Copies*: HH, NY. – Id. 52(5): 133-136, 1925. *Fourth paper*: 3 Jun 1926 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. 303-308. *Copies*: HH, NY. – Id. 53(5): 303-308. 1926. *Fifth paper*: 27 Jun 1928 (in journal) cover-t.p., p. 45-50, \[51\]. *Copies*: HH, NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Torreya 28: 45-51. 1928. *Sixth paper*: 3 Mar 1930 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. 9-14. *Copies*: HH, NY. – Id. 30: 9-14. 1930. *Note*: The previous entry (nr. 34.290) should be considered the first paper in this series. ##### n.34.292. Ferns **Title** *Ferns* and *flowering plants* of the *Hempstead Plains*, Long Island, New York... Reprinted from Torreya... 1925. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Nov-Dec 1925 (in journal), p. 109-113. *Copies*: HH (n.v.), NY(2). – Reprinted and to be cited from Torreya 25: 109-113. 1925.