1200 specimens of living plants in Florida. In 1902, Nash made a second European trip for further study and to exchange plants with several other institutions, including a return visit to Kew, and others in Edinburgh, Cambridge, Brussels, Paris, and Utrecht. Between 1903 and 1905, Nash made collecting expeditions to many islands in the Caribbean. Starting in 1906, Nash remained at the NYBG, supervising the creation and maintenance of the gardens, developing and cataloging the institution's plant collections, giving public lectures and demonstrations, and replying to inquiries about plants. Starting in 1909, Nash was Secretary of the Horticultural Society of New York. He edited its journal for a while, and helped with exhibitions. Selected publications Nash is the author of over 180 publications on the topic of botany and horticulture, including his annual reports, published yearly in the NYBG Bulletin. His works on diverse botanical topics include: Costa Rican Orchids (1906), North American Flora (1909), A revision of the family Fouquieriaceae (1906?), and A preliminary enumeration of the grasses of Porto Rico (1903). In 1916, he became one of the two founding editors of the Garden's new botanical journal Addisonia, along with John Hendley Barnhart. Miscellaneous Nash Park in Clifton, New Jersey is named after him and his family. The genus Nashia, of the Verbena family, was named after Nash by Charles Frederick Millspaugh. Nash is credited with the discovery of several species of West Indian and Floridian plants. References External links American taxonomists 1864 births 1921 deaths Botanists with author abbreviations New York Botanical Garden Scientists from New York (state) 19th-century American botanists 20th-century American botanists