''Addisonia'' is an illustrated journal covering botanical and horticultural subjects, published by the

New York Botanical Garden The New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) is a botanical garden at Bronx Park in the Bronx, New York City. Established in 1891, it is located on a site that contains a landscape with over one million living plants; the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, ...

from 1916 to 1964.

History

''Addisonia'' was inaugurated as the result of a bequest by judge

Addison Brown Addison C. Brown (February 21, 1830 – April 9, 1913) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, a botanist, and a serious amateur astronomer. Early life, education and career ...

, who was a co-founder of the New York Botanical Garden. The magazine was to be devoted exclusively to vascular plants from the United States and its territorial possessions or flowering in the New York Botanical Garden or its conservatories. The first editors of ''Addisonia'' were the botanist

John Hendley Barnhart John Hendley Barnhart (October 4, 1871 – November 11, 1949) was an American botanist and author, specializing in biographies of botanists.Gleaston, H. A. John Hendley Barnhart—An appreciation. '' Journal of the New York Botanical Garden'' Augu ...

and

George Valentine Nash George Valentine Nash (May 6, 1864 – July 15, 1921) was an American botanist. He was the Head Gardener and Curator of the Plantations at the New York Botanical Garden, for whom he did field work in the Bahamas, South Florida and Haiti. Life ...

, the Botanical Garden's head gardener at the time. Later editors included

Henry Gleason Henry Allan Gleason (1882–1975) was an American ecologist, botanist, and taxonomist. He was known for his endorsement of the individualistic or open community concept of ecological succession, and his opposition to Frederic Clements's concept ...

and

Edward Johnston Alexander Edward Johnston Alexander (July 31, 1901 – August 18, 1985) was an American botanist who discovered three species and one genus. He is the author or one of the authors of 205 entries in the International Plant Names Index. He was born in Ashevil ...

. Originally published as a quarterly, various factors caused the publication schedule to lengthen over time. Beginning with volume 18 in 1933–34, the magazine became semi-annual; with volume 21 (1939) it became an annual. By the last few years, issues were being printed irregularly as suffient funds became available. The cover price of $10 remained unchanged over the magazine's 50-year history. In its first five years, ''Addisonia'' covered such diverse topics as acacias, dwarf polyantha roses, and cacti. New York Botanical Garden staff illustrator

Mary Emily Eaton Mary Emily Eaton (27 November 1873 – 4 August 1961) was an English botanical artist best known for illustrating Britton & Rose's ''The Cactaceae'', published between 1919 and 1923. Life Mary Emily Eaton was born on 27 November 1873 in Cole ...

was the magazine's principal illustrator in its first three decades, creating over three-quarters of its 800 plates. ''Addisonia'' is still considered a valuable reference work and teaching aid for the high quality of its illustrations, the detailed plant descriptions by well-known authorities, and the care taken to provide bibliographical citations. During its existence, ''Addisonia'' reported on three new genera and 31 new species.

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