BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON THE PUBLICATION OF WOOLWARD'S MONOGRAPH ON THE GENUS MASDEVALLIA (ORCHIDACEAE)

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by  Guido J Braem

ON
NOTES THE
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL
MONOGRAPH
OF WOOLWARD'S
PUBLICATION
ON
THE GENUS MASDEVALLIA (ORCHID ACEAE)
Guido J.Braem
NaunheimerStr.17
GERMANY
Lahnau,
D--35633
monograph
Woolward's on
tl
Miss Florence Helen Wool ward (1854- 1930) was employed or commissioned
by the Marquess Lothian to work and pain! in his collection at Newbattle
ol
wa
Botany
Abbey. Contrary general >o!wa trained neither in
to heliel
vli
I
m
nor an can bedcduccd die introductory chap-
as artist, as h n id in
ii
-
book hough nor
ter to the "... alt heme, neii her a trained artist botanist". It stands,
wa
however without doubt that hloren one of the best botanical
ird
>ol
known. The drawings monograph kept
original the ShisJcvallui are
artists for
mi
H
lit toi v hi in
il ii i ii
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In The Gardeners' Ch rankle for October 25, 1890, the following announce-
ment was
published:
M.MH
OX
M
U'\
Tilt: IVYII'MOF' I'LT,] >V CHI- Cl-'XIVS Ii
.VI
]< \ \
m
rom primary
Assooften,thecortVM djte o publ not the
n hi >bt;n
1 1
i
source, as the original wrappers merely state the year of publication. Experi-
shown
ence has that such indications aie not necessaril) correct. Therefore,
nd
secondary literature inn he con uli loi unateK all authors bother
i
investigate the bibliography detail and very often the entire Masdevallia
to in
work Wool ward erroneously considered have been published 18%.
to
o! is in
Study of the secondary literature, however, reveals that the Wool ward
monograph was
obviously issued in 9 parts. Parts one through eight con-
(8)
(1)
accom ment With
sisted of 10 plates each, pained by the pert texts. part five
(5),
was
a preliminary index published tRendle 1894). Obviously this preliminary
index would have been discarded the time the work was completed and bound
at
into its finaf form. Part nine (9) consisted of seven plates, their text, and some
now
additional texts such as he title page, the index, and the "list of species
excluded rom genus
the Masdevallia."
I
Cowan
Stafleu and U988) based, then publication dates on the nonces o(
reception published in the Joui mil Botany Hoi.) here seem, however, to be
ol
(J. I
discrepancies between those data and the information found The Gardeners'
in
probabb from was
Chronicle, tilting tin act thai (ntittcnas Chronicle
fie
* '
mon
published on a week b basis mil he ion obvioush exact Both the
n re
I
Woolward monograph and The
Gardeners' Chronicle were published Lon-
in
may
don, andit be assumed thatea.eh installment the Woolward monograph
oi
reached the Chronicle without
delay.
Based on the data retrieved from notes o( reception and from reviews in
The Chron
Gardeners' he following dates publication have been deter-
iclc
ol
i
.
mined The
(Table 2). lull citation as taken from an original copy
1, is:
Newbattle Abbey; plates and descriptions by Miss Florence Woolward: with additional notes by
1 1.
F.C Lehmann (German Consul in ihe Republic o! Colombia) Willi ,47 [dales, and 61 woodcuts from
Index and Map.
plioiocr.ipli-,
book
he isgetu elerred u Voolwaicl. Th<
nils hi, isd
II III
"I
-
sforWoolwardJhegeru
Probable
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I i
Publication dates Data from TheGard.-n.r, Chmnide Notices Journal of Botany
in
mh, Note December
i of rei option:.?
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ss o (Aunust) Note ol ro< option:;") Aunusl 8 l
1 i 1
Nolool September
reception:
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ACs/ewCo
fnu]i,ms .C'moVo
,ind
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IS'Jd (February) p FClKMI\
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Review: March 1895
2
November
Review: 9 1895
Ullh
!,ss M Review: 24 October 1896
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The genus
.ON'-MOU 1892. Masdevallia. Card. Chron.
ser. 2(2
3,
1
Book
891. notic ser.3,9(211):52.
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: t t
1892. Book notic .Gard.Chron ser.3,12(298):310.
893. Masdevollia fragrons and M.oristata. Gard.Chro
1
Book
1894. notic .Gard.Chron. ser.3,15(374):240.
1895. Notices of Dooks.Gaid.C ron.ser.3,17(427):2-
,A.B 1895. Book notice. Gard.Chron. ser.3,18(463):550.
NI;
i;
Book
NMIE.A.B 1896. notic ser.3,20(513):490.
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