- Richard Weston
Richard Weston (
1733 -20 October 1806 ) was an English botanist.Weston was originally a thread-hosier of
Leicester , but in some of his anonymous works describes himself as "a country gentleman". In 1773 he was living atKensington Gore , but later was living at Leicester where he was secretary of the local agricultural society. From the number of his published works, it is evident he had a very wide knowledge of plants, and plant literature.His first major work "Tracts on Practical Agriculture and Gardening", which contained a catalogue of English writers on husbandry gardening and botany, was published in 1769 and dedicated to the Society of Arts. He wrote two multi-part works with Latin names the Botanicu Universalis and the Flora Anglicana and a number of smaller works, as well as articles in the
Gentleman's Magazine . He also published works on the history and literature of Leicester. [Dictionary of National Biography]Publications [Gentleman's Magazine 1806, ii, 1080]
*Tracts on Practical Agriculture and Gardening 1769
*Botanicus Universalis et Hortulanus - 4 volumes 1770 - 1777
*Flora Anglicana... - 2 parts 1775 and 1780
*The Gardener's and Planter's Calendar 1773, 2nd ed. 1778
*The Gentleman's and Lady's Gardener 1774
*The Gardener's Pocket Calendar 1774
*Ellis's Gardener's Calendar 1774
*The Nurseryman and Seedsman's Catalogue of Trees Shrubs, Plants and Seeds 1774
*A New and Cheap Manure 1791
*The Leicester Directory 1794References
External links
* [http://www.jstor.org/view/00400262/ap040197/04a00110/0 The Identity of "Cornus citrifolia" Weston]
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