became a distinguished lawyer, the Master of the Rolls and a life peer. List of selected publications Translation of Analyse du fruit by L. C. M. Richard (1819) Rosarum Monographia (1820) Digitalium Monographia (1821) Observations on the natural Group of Plants called Pomaceæ (1821) Instructions for packing living plants in foreign countries, especially within the tropics; and directions for their treatment during the voyage to Europe (1824) Monographie du genre rosier, traduit de l'anglais de J. Lindley ...par M. de Pronville (1824) With Auguste de Pronville A Botanical History of Roses Digitalia Monographia Collectanea botanica or Figures and botanic Illustrations of rare and curious exotic Plants (1821–1826) With Richard and Arthur Taylor A Synopsis of British Flora, arranged according to the Natural Order (1829) An Outline of the First Principles of Horticulture (1832) An Outline of the Structure and Physiology of Plants (1832) Einleitung in das natürliche System der Botanik (1833) The Fossil Flora of Great Britain (with William Hutton (1831–1837) Ladies' Botany or, A familiar introduction to the study of the natural system of botany (1834–37) [2 vols.] London: James Ridgway Flora Medica (1838) Sertum orchidaceum:a wreath of the most beautiful orchidaceous flowers selected by John Lindley. (1838) Appendix to the first twenty-three volumes of Edwards's botanical register (1839) Theory of Horticulture (1840) Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony (1840) The genera and species of orchidaceous plants /by John Lindley. (1830–1840) Edwards' botanical register (1829–1847) With James Ridgway. Vol. 15–33. Medical and oeconomical botany /by John Lindley (1849) Folia Orchidacea (1852) Paxton's flower garden by Professor Lindley and Sir Joseph Paxton et al. (1853) Three volumes. Descriptive Botany (1858) Taxonomic works A Natural System of Botany (1830–1836) The Vegetable Kingdom (1846–1853) Edited works In 1841 he co-founded The Gardeners' Chronicle alongside Joseph Paxton, Charles Wentworth Dilke and William Bradbury and became its first editor. The Botanical Register 1820–1847 See also Lindley system Hundred of Lindley References Bibliography , in (see Penny Cyclopedia) External links Books by John Lindley at the Biodiversity Heritage Library Contributions to the Bibliography of John Lindley - Occasional Papers from the RHS Lindley Library, volume 13, November 2015. Details Lindley's additional contributions to such works as Penny Cyclopaedia and the Athenaeum. Orchids.co: John Lindley's work on orchids English botanists English mycologists English taxonomists 1799 births 1865 deaths British phycologists British pteridologists Botanists active in Australia Bryologists Orchidologists Paleobotanists Fellows of the Linnean