"Phytologist" redirects here. For the academic profession, see
Botanist.
The Phytologist was a British botanical journal, appearing first as Phytologist: a popular botanical miscellany. It was founded in 1841 as a monthly, edited by
George Luxford.[1] Luxford died in 1854, and the title was taken over by
Alexander Irvine and
William Pamplin, who ran it to 1863 with subtitle "a botanical journal".[2][3]
The proprietor for the first series was
Edward Newman, also a contributor.[4] The publisher was
John Van Voorst.[5] The journal never made money. Newman used its pages to attack Vestiges of Creation (1844), in an outspoken signed review that stood out from the mass of anonymous comment. Luxford's overall editorial policy, however, gave space to those supporting
transmutation of species.[6]The Phytologist, quite unofficially, became the house journal of the
Botanical Society of London; and
Hewett Watson of the Society a prominent contributor.[7] In the early issues Luxford wrote a series of ten articles on
myco-heterotrophy, around Monotropa hypopithys, and prompted sharp debate.[8]
^James A. Secord (20 September 2003). Victorian Sensation: The Extraordinary Publication, Reception, and Secret Authorship of Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation. University of Chicago Press. pp. 453–4.
ISBN978-0-226-15825-9.
"Phytologist" redirects here. For the academic profession, see
Botanist.
The Phytologist was a British botanical journal, appearing first as Phytologist: a popular botanical miscellany. It was founded in 1841 as a monthly, edited by
George Luxford.[1] Luxford died in 1854, and the title was taken over by
Alexander Irvine and
William Pamplin, who ran it to 1863 with subtitle "a botanical journal".[2][3]
The proprietor for the first series was
Edward Newman, also a contributor.[4] The publisher was
John Van Voorst.[5] The journal never made money. Newman used its pages to attack Vestiges of Creation (1844), in an outspoken signed review that stood out from the mass of anonymous comment. Luxford's overall editorial policy, however, gave space to those supporting
transmutation of species.[6]The Phytologist, quite unofficially, became the house journal of the
Botanical Society of London; and
Hewett Watson of the Society a prominent contributor.[7] In the early issues Luxford wrote a series of ten articles on
myco-heterotrophy, around Monotropa hypopithys, and prompted sharp debate.[8]
^James A. Secord (20 September 2003). Victorian Sensation: The Extraordinary Publication, Reception, and Secret Authorship of Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation. University of Chicago Press. pp. 453–4.
ISBN978-0-226-15825-9.