Author:Arthur Mowbray Jones

Arthur Mowbray Jones
(1826–1889)

miniature (anon.) showing Colonel Arthur Mowbray Jones (1826-1889) of the West Yorkshire Militia, wearing black coat with standing collar, gold buttons and epaulettes

Works

• Cherrycomb & Silvertail: a tragedy in 2 acts: being a page from the log of the Good Ship Nile, containing the only true account yet published of the lives, loves & adventures of Cherrycomb & Silvertail [Bristol], 1862
  • second edition, also 1862
• A. M. J. To the Pyramids [London] Published by J. Hogarth, Oct 1st. 1863
  • Another edition, imprint "Bristol, Lavars, Litho"
• List of Varieties of the British Species of Ferns (Nature Printed), in Pursuance of a Resolution at the Last Meeting of the British Pteridological Society, in January, 1876. A. M. Jones, Clifton, United Kingdom. 6 series issued as plates with text, varying titles,
  • First series: 1876. 2pp + 25 nature-printed plates.
  • Second series: List of the Second Series of Nature-Printed Impressions of British Ferns. 1877. 1p + 28 nature-printed plates.
  • Third series: List of the Third Series of Nature-Printed Impressions of British Ferns. 1877. 2pp + 32 nature-printed plates.
  • Fourth series: Fourth (Double) Series of Nature-Printed Impressions of Varieties of the British Species of Ferns. 1878. 3pp + 53 nature-printed plates.
  • Fifth series: Fifth (Double) Series of Nature-Printed Impressions of the Varieties of the British Species of Ferns. 1879. 3pp + 61 nature-printed plates.
  • Sixth series: Sixth Double Series of Nature Prints. 1880. 4pp + 96 nature-printed plates.
• "Appendix: Ninety-Six Nature Prints of Fine Varieties of British Ferns", in Druery, Chas. T., 1912. British Ferns and Their Varieties. ([1])

Works about Jones

• Arthur Mowbray Jones in Lowe, E. J. 1898, "Fern Growing. Fifty years' experience in crossing and cultivation, with a list of the most important varieties and a history of the discovery of multiple parentage, etc." ([2])
• Hayward, Michael, 2015. The Jones Nature Prints: Nature Printing and the Victorian Fern Cult. British Pteridological Society. ISBN 9780992612030