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Henshall, John

(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors)

career:

A gardener who forwarded large lots of orchids from Java to Europe, probably to Henderson’s.¹ He is the author of some papers relating to the flora of that island.²

He may be identical with John Henshall, a gardener of J.H. Schröder, Tooting, author of a book on the culture of orchids.³

Dendrobium henshalli Rchb. f. and Bulbophyllum henshalli Rchb. f. may have been named after him.

collections:

Herb. Kew [K]: from Java (pres. 1850-56).

literature:

(1) cf. letter from Motley in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. & Kew Gard. Misc. 7, 1855, p. 289-296.
(2) J. Henshall: ‘Memoranda from Java’ (Gard. Chron. 1852, p. 533-534, 581; extr. in Allg. Gartenzeit. 20, 1852, p. 379-381); ‘Notizen über einige Waldbäume auf Java’ (Hamb. Gart. u. Blumenzeit. 8, 1852, p. 484-487).
(3) cf. Biogr. Index BRITTEN & BOULDER in Journ. Bot. 27, 1889, p. 82.
J. Henshall: ‘A practical treatise on the cultivation of orchidaceous plants, with remarks on their geographical distribution and a select catalogue of the best kinds in cultivation’ (London 1845); transl. into German, Hannover 1846.

	Career Collections Literature
	Henshall, John
	(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors)
	career: A gardener who forwarded large lots of orchids from Java to Europe, probably to Henderson’s.¹ He is the author of some papers relating to the flora of that island.² He may be identical with John Henshall, a gardener of J.H. Schröder, Tooting, author of a book on the culture of orchids.³ Dendrobium henshalli Rchb. f. and Bulbophyllum henshalli Rchb. f. may have been named after him.
	collections: Herb. Kew [K]: from Java (pres. 1850-56).
	literature: (1) cf. letter from Motley in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. & Kew Gard. Misc. 7, 1855, p. 289-296. (2) J. Henshall: ‘Memoranda from Java’ (Gard. Chron. 1852, p. 533-534, 581; extr. in Allg. Gartenzeit. 20, 1852, p. 379-381); ‘Notizen über einige Waldbäume auf Java’ (Hamb. Gart. u. Blumenzeit. 8, 1852, p. 484-487). (3) cf. Biogr. Index BRITTEN & BOULDER in Journ. Bot. 27, 1889, p. 82. J. Henshall: ‘A practical treatise on the cultivation of orchidaceous plants, with remarks on their geographical distribution and a select catalogue of the best kinds in cultivation’ (London 1845); transl. into German, Hannover 1846.