> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 268](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33264995) of TL-2 Suppl. I > Author links: [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3569028) QID Q3569028 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Bailey, William Whitman (1843-1914), American botanist, entered Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, 1860, graduated 1864, Ph.D. 1873, A.M. 1893; studied botany at Columbia University 1872, at Harvard Summer School 1875, 1876, 1879; assistant in chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1866, botanist of the United States Geological Survey of the fortieth parallel 1867-1868 (King's Survey), Deputy Secretary of the State of Rhode Islands 1868, assistant librarian at the Providence Athenaeum 1869-1871, taught botany in private schools in Providence 1871-1877, instructor at Brown University 1877-1881, professor of botany ib. 1881-1906, professor emeritus from 1896. **Abbreviated name**: *W.W. Bailey* #### Herbarium and types [[Collection BRU|BRU]], further material at [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection MANCH|MANCH]], [[Collection WELC|WELC]]. Material of King's Survey at [[Collection US|US]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 105; BL 1: 212, 213; BM 1: 86; Ewan ed. 1: 10, 154; IH 2: 49; Kew 1: 123; Morren ed. 10, p. 130; Tucker 1: 51. #### Biofile - Anon., Flora 51(5): 75. 10 Mar 1868 (botanist on Comm. 40-th parallel); Torreya 14(3): 51-52. 17 Mar 1914 (biogr. sketch, b. 22 Feb 1843, West Point, d. 20 Feb 1914, Providence, R.I.); Nat. Nov. 36: 175. 1914 (d.); Leopoldina 50: 70. 1914 (d. 20 Feb 1914). - Bailey, W.W., Bull. Torrey bot. Club 7(11): 116-117. 1880 (on Herb. Olneyanum at BRU). - Day, M.A., Rhodora 3: 69. 1901 (herb.). - Deane, W., Rhodora 16: 97-101. 1914 (obit.). - House, H.D., New York State Mus. Bull. 328: 21. 1942. - Rickett, H.W., Index Bull. Torrey bot. Club 6-7. 1955 (lists 60 publ. in Bull. Torrey bot. Club). - Rodgers, A.D., Amer. bot. 1873-1892. 24, 131, 208. 1944. ### Publications ##### n.19.950. The botanical collector's handbook **Title** *The botanical collector's handbook*... Salem, Mass. (George A. Bates) 1881. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Bot. coll. handb.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1881 (Bot. Zeit. 28 Oct 1881; Bot. Centralbl. Oct 1881), p. \[i\]-xiv, \[xv\], 1-139, \[141\]. *Copies*: L, NY. − Naturalist's Handy Series no. 3. ##### n.19.951. Rhode Islands wild flowers **Title** Among *Rhode Islands wild flowers*... Providence, R.I. (Preston and Rounds) 1895 \[t.p. date 1896\]. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Rhode Isl. wild fl.* **Notes** *Ed. 1*: Jul-Aug 1895 (Bull. Torrey bot. Club 30 Sep 1895, Bot. Centralbl. 2 Oct 1895, Bot. Zeit. 26 Oct 1895, t.p. date 1896, sic), p. \[i\], frontisp., \[iii\]-xi, \[1\]-105, *2 pl*. − Regular edition. *Copy*: MO. *Luxury edition*: 1896, p. \[i\], frontisp., \[iii\]-xi, \[1\]-105, *9 pl*. "Edition de luxe, ten copies only printed", note handwritten on p. \[iv\], by author. *Copy*: U. *Ed. 2*: 1896, p. \[i\], frontisp., \[iii\]-xi, \[1\]-100, *2 pl*.. *Copy*: NY − "Second edition" on t.p. ##### n.19.952. Botanizing **Title** *Botanizing* a guide to field-collecting and herbarium work... Providence R.I. (Preston and Rounds Co.) 1899. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Botanizing*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jun-Aug 1899 (preface 9 Mai 1899; Fern Bull. Oct 1899), p. \[i-ii\], plate, \[iii\]-ix, \[xi, xiii\], \[1\]-142, *Copy*: L. *Ref*.: Anon., J. Bot. 38: 407. Oct 1900 (rev.). - *Re-issue*: 1907, p. \[i\], plate, \[iii\]-ix, \[xi, xiii\], \[1\]-142. *Copy*: U.