> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 243](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33066583) of TL-2 Vol. VII
> Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/11609-1) LSID 11609-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8771913) QID Q8771913
> Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]]
### Author
Wherry, Edgar Theodore (1885-1982), American mineralogist, chemist and botanist; Dr. phil. Univ. Pennsylvania 1909; instructor in mineralogy, Lehigh Univ. 1908-1910; assistant professor ib. 1910-1913; assistant curator mineralogy U.S. Natl. Museum 1913-1917; crystallographer, U.S. Bur. Chemistry, Washington 1917-1923; chemist in charge of crop chemistry 1923-1930; associate professor of botany, Univ. Pennsylvania 1930-1941, regular prof. 1941-1955.
**Abbreviated name**: *Wherry* \[standard form in IPNI: *Wherry*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection PH|PH]]. – Other material in [[Collection A|A]], [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection BR|BR]], [[Collection DPU|DPU]], [[Collection GH|GH]]; [[Collection ILL|ILL]], [[Collection LIL|LIL]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection MSC|MSC]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection US|US]] (incl. types), [[Collection WVA|WVA]]. – *Field notes* at [[Collection WVA|WVA]]; *letters* at [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection NY|NY]] (e.g. in Barnhart corr.).
#### Bibliography and biography
Andrews p. 348; Barnhart 3: 484 (b. 19 Sep 1885); BJI 1: 189; BM 8: 1423; Clokie p. 433; Hirsch p. 322; Hortus 3: 1207; IF suppl. 3: 219, suppl. 4: 348-349; IH 1 (ed. 1): 76, (ed. 2): 97, (ed. 3): 122, (ed. 4): 135, (ed. 5): 143; IH 2: 664; Langman p. 800-801; Lenley p. 432; LS suppl. 29882; NW p. 61; Roon p. 123; SIA see index; Tucker 3: 332; Zander ed. 10, p. 732, ed. 11, p. 835-836.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Amer. men sci. eds. 2-11. 1910-1967; Arch. nat. Hist. 13(1): 95. 1986 (archival material being collected); Bartonia 34: 12-13. 1965 (Mary Soper Pope medal awarded; citation); Can. bot. Ass. Bull. 15(4): 143. 1982 (obit. not.); Index Amer. bot. lit. 1886-1966. 4: 509-512. 1969 (bibl.); Who's who Amer. 12-25. 1924-1949; Who was who Amer. 7: 608. 1933-1981; Who's who Nation's Capltal ed. 2. 406. 1923-1924, ed. 1934-1935. 950.
- Core, E.L. et al., Bibl. W. Virginia pl. life 43-44. 1962.
- Correll, D.S., Castanea 42: 174-176. 1977 (personal note, photogr.).
- Fogg, J.M., Jr., Amer. Fern J. 66(2): 33-38. 1976 (W. in Pennsylvania); Taxon 31: 803-804. 1982 (obit.).
- Frodin, D.G., Guide standard floras world nos. 144, 160. 1984.
- Hooker, M. & A. Montgomery, Amer. Mineralogist 60: 533-539. 1975 (biogr., bibl.).
- Kistler, A., Bull. Amer. Rock Gard. Soc. 40(4): 157-162. 1982 (obit.).
- Lowden, R.M., Taxon, Index pers. names vols. 1-30. 788. 1985.
- Mazrimas, J.A., Carniv. pl. Newsletter 2(3): 37-39. 1973 (on W.'s Sarracenia publ.).
- Nickles, J.M., Bibl. N. Amer. Geol. 1919-1928. 659-660. 1931.
- Pennell, F.W., Bartonia 22: 28. 1943.
- Poggendorff, J.C., Biogr.-lit. Handw.-Buch 6(4): 2863. 1940.
- Stieber, M.T., Arch. nat. Hist. 11(3): 428-429. 1984.
- Van Atta, B., Philadelphia Inquirer 25 Mai 1982, p. 5-B (obit.).
- Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 1: 312. 1935, 2: 353a. 1936, 3: 317, 330, 4: 278, 452. 1938, 5: 556 \[index\]. 1939, 6: 263. 1941.
- Wagner, W.H., Bull. Torrey bot. Club 109(4): 545-548. 1982 (obit., portr.); Amer. Fern J. 73(1): 1-5. 1983 (contr. pteridology; bibl.).
- Wherry, E.T., Bartonia 34: 14-15. 1965 (acceptance Mary Soper Pope medal; autobiogr. notes), 50: 225-228. 1960 (How I became interested in ferns); The autobiography of Edgar T. Wherry, mimeogr. 11 p. (copy in TL-2 files), also in Fiddlehead Forum 9(5): 32-33. 1982.
#### Note
Outside our period: (1) *The genus Phlox*, p. \[i-ii\], \[1\]-174. Philadelphia, Pa. 1955, Morris Arbor. monogr. 3; (2) *The fern guide*, Garden City, New York, 1961, p. \[1\]-318.
### Publications
##### n.17.423. Chasing Chelones
**Title**
*Chasing Chelones*... Reprinted from Bartonia 1927-1928. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 9 Jan 1928 (read 22 Dec 1927), *pl. 1*, \[1\]-23, *pl. 2-4. Copy*: US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bartonia 10: \[1\]-23, *pl. 1-4. 1*928.
Booknumber 17.224 has not been used.
##### n.17.425. Wild flowers of Mount Desert Island
**Title**
*Wild flowers of Mount Desert Island*, Maine... Published by the Garden Club of Mount Desert... 1928. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Wild fl. Mt. Desert Isl.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Jul 1928, *pl. 1*, p. \[i\]-iv, \[1\]-164, figs. 1-100. *Copy*: USDA.
##### n.17.426. The Eastern subulate-leaved Phloxes
**Title**
*The Eastern subulate-leaved Phloxes*... \[Bartonia... 1929\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 9 Dec 1929, *pl. 1*, p. 5-35, *pl. 2-4. Copy*: US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bartonia 11: 5-35, *pl. 1-4.* 1929.
##### n.17.427. A long lost Phlox
**Title**
*A long lost Phlox*... Reprinted from Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences... 1930. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 18 Jan 1930, p. \[25\]-28. *Copy*: U. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 20(2): \[25\]-28. 1930.
##### n.17.428. Plants of the Appalachian shale-barrens
**Title**
*Plants of the Appalachian shale-barrens*... Reprinted from Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences... 1930. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 4 Feb 1930, p. \[43\]-52. *Copy*: US. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 20(3): \[43\]-52. 1930.
##### n.17.429. The eastern short-styled Phloxes
**Title**
*The eastern short-styled Phloxes*... reprinted from Bartonia... 1930. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1930, p. 36-65, *pl. 1-3. Copies*: NY, US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bartonia 12: \[24\]-53, *pl. 1-3* (reprint pagination continued from Eastern... Phloxes 1929. See above.
##### n.17.430. A new spiral-orchid from the southern states
**Title**
*A new spiral-orchid from the southern states*... Reprinted from Journal of The Washington Academy of Sciences... 1931. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 19 Feb 1931, p. 49-51. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 21(4): 49-51. 1931.
##### n.17.431. The eastern long-styled Phloxes
**Title**
*The eastern long-styled Phloxes*, part 1... Reprinted from Bartonia... 1931 \[1932\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*1*: 13 Feb 1932, p. 66-85. *Copies*: NY, US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bartonia 13: \[18\]-37, *pl. 4-7.* 1932. – Reprint pagination continued from 1929 and 1931 papers on Eastern Phloxes, see above.
*2*: 2 Dec 1932, p. 86-98, *pl. 2-3. Copies*: NY, US. – Id. 14: \[14\]-26, *pl. 2-3.* 1932.
##### n.17.432. The geographic relations of Sarracenia purpurea
**Title**
*The geographic relations of Sarracenia purpurea*... Reprinted from Bartonia... 1933. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 5 Dec 1933, p. 1-8, *pl. I. Copy*: US. – Reprinted from Bartonia 15: 1-8, *pl. I.* 1933.
##### n.17.433. Our native phloxes
**Title**
*Our native phloxes* and their horticultural derivatives... Reprinted from the National horticultural Magazine... 1935. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Jul 1935, p. 209-231. *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Amer. hort. Mag. 1935: 209-232.
##### n.17.434. Distribution of the North American pitcherplants
**Title**
*Distribution of the North American pitcherplants*... \[Washington (Smithsonian Institution) 1935\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1935, p. \[1\]-23, \[24, colo.\]. *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted from M.V. Walcott, N. Amer. pltcherplants 1935.
##### n.17.435. Polemonium and Polemoniella
**Title**
*Polemonium and Polemoniella* in the Eastern States... \[Bartonia 1936\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 2 Apr 1936, p. 5-17, *pl. 2. Copy*: US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bartonia 17: 17-20, *pl. 2.* 1936.
##### n.17.436. Miscellaneous eastern Polemoniaceae
**Title**
*Miscellaneous eastern Polemoniaceae*... Reprinted from Bartonia... 1936. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1936, p. 52-59, *pl. 6. Copy*: US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bartonia 18: 52-59. *pl. 6.* 1936.
##### n.17.437. Guide to eastérn Ferns
**Title**
*Guide to eastérn Ferns*... Published by The Science Press Printing Company... 1937.
**Abbreviated title**: *Guide east. Ferns*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Nov 1937, frontisp., p. \[i\]-iv, 1-220. *Copies*: HH, NY, PH, USDA.
*Ed. 2*: Sep 1942, p. \[i\*\], front., \[i\]-iv, 1-252. *Copies*: HH, US, USDA.
*Ed. 2, reissue*: Mar 1948, p. \[i\*-ii\*\], \[i\]-iv, 1-252. *Copies*: NY, USDA.
##### n.17.438. The Phloxes of Oregon
**Title**
*The Phloxes of Oregon*... \[Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1939\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1939, p. 133-140. *Copy*: U. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia 90: 133-140. 1939.
##### n.17.439. The genus Polemonium in America
**Title**
*The genus Polemonium in America*... Reprinted from "The American Midland Naturalist"... 1942. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Mai 1942, cover-t.p., p. 741-760. *Copies*: B, US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Amer. Midl. Natural. 27(3): 741-760. 1942.