> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 26](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33120157) of TL-2 Vol. I > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/111-1) LSID 111-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1350149) QID Q1350149 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] > [!example] See also [[Aiton, William Townsend (Suppl.)|second entry]] for this author ### Author Aiton, William Townsend (1766-1849), British gardener and botanist, son of William Aiton, Royal gardener at Kew. **Abbreviated name**: *W.T. Aiton* \[standard form in IPNI: *W.T.Aiton*\] #### Herbarium and types See above under William Aiton. Most of the types of the *Hortus kewensis* ed. 2 are at [[Collection BM|BM]]. #### Bibliography and biography AG 3: 342; Barnhart 1: 24; BB p. 3; BM 1: 22; Bossert p. 5; DNB 1: 208; HU 2: 582 \[index\]; Jackson p. 412; Kew 1: 28; PR 79. - Anon., Allg. Garten Zeit. 18: 128. 1850. - Brown, Proc. Linn. Soc. 2: 82-83. 1850. - Milner, Cat. portr. Kew 3. 1906. - Britten and Baker, J. Bot. 50 (suppl. 3): 1-16. 1912. - Nelmes and Cuthbertson, Bot. Mag. Dedications 6-8. 1932 (portr.) - Hadfield, Pioneers in gardening 89, 110-111. 1951. - Gilbert, J. Kew Guild 8(71): 688-693. 1967 (portr.) - Taylor, DSB 1: 89-90. 1970. - Fletcher, Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 48, 80, 89, 92. 1970. #### Composite works See Francis Bauer, *Delineations of exotick plants*, London 1796, published by W. T. Aiton. ### Publications ##### n.73. Hortus kewensis **Title** *Hortus kewensis*; or, a catalogue of the plants cultivated in the Royal botanic garden at Kew. By the late William Aiton. The second edition enlarged by William Townsend Aiton, gardener to his Majesty. London (Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown) 1810-1813, 5 vols. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Hortus kew.* **Notes** |vol. |pages |dates | |--- |--- |--- | |1 |\[i\]-xl, 1-407 |Aug-Oct 1810 | |2 |\[i-iii\], \[1\]-432 |Feb-Mai 1811 | |3 |\[i-iii\], \[1\]-432 |Oct-Nov 1811| |4 |\[i-iii\], \[1\]-522 |Dec 1812| |5 |\[i-iii\], \[1\]-568 |Nov 1813| *Copies*: HU, U. – Edited by William Townsend Aiton (1766-1849). The authors of most of the new descriptions are Dryander (to the end to the Dodecandria) and R. Brown (classis XIII-Cryptogamia). See Brown's *Vermischte botanische Schriften* 2: 415-494 (1825-1826), published with his consent and the *Miscellaneous botanical works* (1866-1868). *Ref*.: BM 1: 22: Dawson p. 9-12; Henrey 414; Kew 1: 28; Langman p. 70; MW p. 3; Plesch p. 124; PR 79; P&W p. 10; Rs p. 72; SK p. clxvi; IDC 431. - Anon., Edinburgh Rev. 17: 243. Nov 1810 (vol. 1). - Anon., Med. Phys. J. (London): 24 (141): 428. Nov 1810 (vol. 1); 25: (147): 463. - Mai 1811 (vol. 2). - Anon., Critical Rev. (London) ser. 3. 21: 223. 1811 (as of Oct 1810); ser. 4. 4: 559. - Nov 1813. - Britten, J. Bot. 50 (suppl. 3): 1-16. 1912.