> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 6](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33333177) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/8843-1) LSID 8843-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18811409) QID Q18811409 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Salisbury, William (x-1823), British nurseryman in London; gardener to J. Symmons at Paddington 1797, also associated with William Curtis' garden at Fulham Road which he continued after the latter's death in 1799; later owner of a garden at Cadogan Place, Sloane Street; founded the London Botanic Garden, 1807. **Abbreviated name**: *W. Salisb.* \[standard form in IPNI: *W.Salisb.*\] #### Herbarium and types Unknown. – We have seen no copy of the exsiccatae *Hortus siccus gramineus* (1802-1806) (see Henrey 3: 110). #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 203; BB p. 267; BM 4: 1792; Bret. p. 210; Desmond p. 538; DNB 50: 201 (17: 690) (by G.S. Boulger); Henrey 2: 298, 308-309, 643, 3: 31, 110-111, 140; Jackson p. 233, 409, 415; Kew 4: 577; PR 8005-8006, ed. 1: 8963-8964; Rehder 5: 755; SO 806; TL-1/1145; Tucker 1: 620. #### Biofile - Allen, D.E., The naturalist in Britain 106, 107. 1976. - Allibone, S.A., Crit. dict. Engl. lit. 2: 1917. 1878. - Anon., Brit. Mus. gen. cat. print. books 211: 836. 1964. - Bridson, G.D.D. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isles 334.77. 1980. - Fussell, G.E., Gard. Chron. 1949(2): 172. - Harvey, J.H., Trans. London Middlesex Archeol. Soc. 24: 186. 1973 (continued Curtis's garden in Fulham Road after the latter's death in 1799; new garden in Sloane street in process of establishment by 1807). - Roberts, W., Gard. Chron., 1900(1): 65-66 (on S. and the London Botanic Garden). - Trimen, H. and W.T., Thiselton Dyer, W.T., Fl. Middlesex 395. 1869. ### Publications ##### n.10.123. Hortus paddingtonensis **Title** *Hortus paddingtonensis*: or, a catalogue of plants cultivated in the garden of J. Symmons,... Paddington-House... London (printed by Stephen Couchman, for Shepperson and Reynolds,...) 1797. Oct. (in fours). **Abbreviated title**: *Hort. paddingt.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1797 (p. \[iv\]: 25 Sep 1797), p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-97, \[99-106, index\], \[107, err.\]. *Copy*: NY. ##### n.10.124. The botanist's companion **Title** *The botanist's companion*, or an introduction to the knowledge of practical botany, and the uses of plants. Either growing wild in Great Britain, or cultivated for the purposes of agriculture, medicine, rural oeconomy, or the arts... London (printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown,...) 1816. 2 vols. Duod. (in sixes). **Abbreviated title**: *Bot. comp.* **Notes** *1*: Aug 1816 (p. vii: Jul 1816; P & W), map, p. \[i\]-vii, \[viii\], \[1-2, err.\], \[1\]-67, set of tables C5-I6, K1-X4 (sign.). *2*: 1816 (p. \[vi\]: Mai 1846; P & W), p. \[i-viii\], \[1\]-211. *Copies*: HH, K, MO, NY, PH, USDA.