APPENDIX B
THE SCIENTIFIC WRITINGS OF H.J. ELWES, F.R.S.
Mr. H.J. Elwes wrote much and well throughout his long life on his various scientific pursuits and contributed many papers to numerous learned societies 7 transactions.
His great work, for which he will always be remembered, was The Trees of Great Britain and Ireland , written in collaboration with Dr. Augustine Henry, and published in seven volumes, with many plates, between 1906 and 1913.
He had begun his horticultural studies with a notable monograph on The Genus Lilium , published in folio with plates in 1880.
As British Juror for Horticulture and Forestry, he contributed a section to the Report of H.M, Commissioners for the International Exhibition, St. Louis, 1904 (cf. pp. 356–364).
On Ornithology he wrote numerous papers for Ibis, the journal of the British Ornithological Union, and for the Proceedings of the Zoological Society, notably his memoir On the Geographical Distribution of Asiatic Birds (Zool, Soc., 1873, p. 645).
On Entomology he wrote much for the Transactions of the Entomological Society and also for the Proceedings of the Zoological Society. Typical of his work in this field are the papers:
- On the Genus "Colias” (Ent. Soc., 1880 and 1884),
- On Butterflies of the Genus "Parnassius" (Zool. Soc., 1886).
- On the Lepidoptera of the Altai Mountains (Ent. Soc., 1899).
- The Butterflies of Chile (Ent. Soc., 1903).
In Zoology he was specially interested in big game and sheep. Among many papers may be noted:
- On the Present Condition and Habits of the Elk in Norway (Zool. Soc., 1903).
- Note on Moose in the Yellowstone Park (Zool. Soc., 1920).
- Note on the Primitive Breeds of Sheep in Scotland (Scottish Naturalist , January–March, 1912).
The last-mentioned article was enlarged into a pamphlet.
Guide to the Primitive Breeds of Sheep and their Crosses on Exhibition at the Royal Agricultural Society's Show , Bristol , with Notes on the Management of Park Sheep in England and the Possible Advantages of Grossing them with Improved Breeds . Illustrated. Edinburgh: printed by R. and R. Clark, June, 1913. 8vo.
For other papers reference may be made to the Royal Society Catalogue of
Scientific Papers , vol. xiv., p. 830.
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