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John Smith (botanist)

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Historia Filicum: an exposition of the nature, number and organography of ferns, and review of the principles upon which genera are founded, and the systems of classification of the principal authors, with a new general arrangement; characters of the genera; remarks on their relationship to one
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converted them, possibly saving them from oblivion. He further prevented the gardens from catastrophic decline during the late 19th century when they were neglected in funding priorities. According to the Kew website, "It is significant that when stove-boy-Smith arrived at Kew, 40 species of
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Ferns: British and Foreign, Their History, Geography, Classification and Enumeration of the Species of Garden Ferns with a Treatise on Their Cultivation, etc.
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Cultivated Ferns: Or a Catalogue of Exotic and indigenous Ferns Cultivated in British Gardens, with Characters of General Principal, Synonyms, etc.
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1881 England Census. Class: RG11; Piece: 845; Folio: 139; Page: 16; GSU roll: 1341200. Ancestry.com.
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William Pamplin, London, England. 1857. xii, 84pp, 163x103mm, HB. Also possibly an 1864 edition.
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First edition: Robert Hardwicke, London, England. 1866. xiv, 412(2) pp, 195x125mm, HB; Web:
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The History, Organography, Classification and Enumeration of the Species of Garden Ferns.
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MacMillan & Co., London, England. 1875. (2)/xvi/429/(5)pp, 190x120mm, HB; Web:
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another; their species; reference to authors; geographical distribution; etc., etc.
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were grown but when Curator Smith retired, there were 1,084."
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English botanist, first curator of Kew gardens (1798–1888)
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https://archive.org/details/historiafilicume00smitrich
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https://archive.org/details/fernsbritishfore00smitrich
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Index

John Smith (disambiguation)
Pittenweem
Botany
Author abbrev. (botany)
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Kew Gardens)
William Jackson Hooker
Joseph Hooker
Queen Victoria
fern
Pittenweem
Kew Road
St Anne's Church

https://archive.org/details/fernsbritishfore00smitrich
https://archive.org/details/fernsbritish00smitrich
https://archive.org/details/historiafilicume00smitrich
author abbreviation
citing
botanical name
"Smith, John"
International Plant Names Index
 J.Sm
Categories
1798 births
1888 deaths
People from Pittenweem
Botanists active in Kew Gardens
British pteridologists
British botanists

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