> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 182](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33265859) of TL-2 Suppl. IV > Author links: [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q901202) QID Q901202 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Clark, William Smith (1826-1886), American botanist, born 31 Jul 1826, Ashfield, Massachusetts, later President of the Massachusetts agricultural College 1867-1879, died 9 Mar 1886, Amherst, Massachusetts. **Abbreviated name**: *W.S. Clark* #### Herbarium and types Unknown. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 352 (b. 31 Jul 1826, Ashfield, Mass., d. 9 Mar 1886, Amherst, Mass.); ME 3: 552; Rehder 1: 165; Tucker 1: 158. #### Biofile - Anon, Concise diction. Amer. biogr. 168. 1964. - Hunt Institution, Biogr. dict. bot. portr. coll. 76. 1972. - Sutton, S.B., Charles Sprague Sargent 200. 1970 (C. sends Japanese plants). - Wilson, E.H., Plant Hunting 1927 (C. sends first seeds from Hokkaido to U.S.). ### Publications ##### n.26.466. Observations on the phenomena of plant life **Title** *Observations on the phenomena of plant life*. A paper presented to the Massachusetts Board of Agriculture... Boston (Wright & Potter, State Printers,...) 1875. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1875, cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-111. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. Rep. Massachusetts board Agric. 22: 1-111- 1875. *Ref*.: S., Flora 18: 555-560. 11 Dec 1875 (rev.).