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- Title
Disposing of John Lindley's library and herbarium: the offer to Australia.
- Authors
Lucas, A. M.
- Abstract
Shortly before he died, John Lindley decided to dispose of his herbarium and botanical library. He sold his orchid herbarium to the United Kingdom government for deposit at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and then offered his library and the remainder of his herbarium to Ferdinand Mueller in Melbourne. On his behalf, Joseph Hooker had earlier unsuccessfully offered the library and remnant herbarium to the University of Sydney, using the good offices of Sir Charles Nicholson. Although neither the University of Sydney nor Mueller was able to raise the necessary funds to purchase either collection, the correspondence allows a reconstruction of a catalogue of Lindley's library, and poses some questions about Joseph Hooker's motives in attempting to dispose of Lindley's material outside the United Kingdom. The final disposal of the herbarium to Cambridge and previous analyses of the purchase of his Library for the Royal Horticultural Society are discussed. A list of the works from Lindley's library offered for sale to Australia is appended.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; LINDLEY, John; HERBARIA; BOTANICAL libraries; BIOLOGICAL libraries; SCIENCE &; technology libraries; UNIVERSITY of Sydney; ROYAL Horticultural Society (Great Britain); HOOKER, Joseph Dalton, Sir, 1817-1911
- Publication
Archives of Natural History, 2008, Vol 35, Issue 1, p15
- ISSN
0260-9541
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3366/E0260954108000053