> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 67](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33333206) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/8955-1) LSID 8955-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6811116) QID Q6811116 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Saunders, William (1822-1900), Scottish horticulturist; Kew gardener; to the U.S.A. 1848; partner of T. Meehan 1854; naturalized U.S. citizen 1857; botanist and superintendent of horticulture USDA, Washington 1862; planned Fairmount Park, Philadelphia; introduced the seedless (navel) orange into the United States. **Abbreviated name**: *W. Saunders, U.S.A.* \[standard form in IPNI: *W.Saunders*\] #### Herbarium and types Some material at [[Collection K|K]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 215; Bossert p. 350; CSP 18: 459; Desmond p. 544 (b. 7 Dec 1822. d. 11 Sep 1900); Kew 4: 603; Lenley p. 360; LS 23719; Morren ed. 10, p. 116; Rehder 5: 760; Tucker 1: 624. #### Biofile - Anon., Amer. Gardening 15 Sep 1900, p. 616 (obit.); Meehan's Mon. 9: 15. 1899 (portr.), 10: 158. 1900 (d.); Natl. cycl. Amer. biogr. 10: 409. 1909; Yearb. U.S. Dept. Agric. 1900: 625-630 (obit., portr.). - Brackett, G.B., *in* L.H. Bailey, Standard Cycl. Hort. 2: 1594-1595. 1939. - Ewan, J. et al., Short hist. bot. U.S. 10. 1969. - Hitchcock, A.S. & A. Chase, Man. Grass. U.S. 989. 1951. - Jellett, E.C., Gardens and Gardeners of Germantown 298-299. 1914. - Rodgers, A.D., Liberty Hyde Bailey 502 \[index\]. 1949; Bernard Eduard Fernow 620 \[index\]. 1957. - Wittrock, V.B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(3): 201. 1905. ### Publications ##### n.10.345. Descriptive catalogue of plants **Title** *Descriptive catalogue of plants* in the exotic collection of the Department of Agriculture... Washington (Government Printing Office) 1872. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Descr. cat. pl.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1872, p. \[1\]-51. *Copy*: USDA. ##### n.10.346. Catalogue of economic plants **Title** U.S. Department of Agriculture. *Catalogue of economic plants* in the collection of the U.S. Department of Agriculture... Washington (Government Printing Office) 1891. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Cat. econ. pl.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1891 (p. 3: 5 Jun 1891), p. \[1\]-42. *Copies*: MO, USDA.