Johann Christoph Wendland

Johann Christoph Wendland ( born July 17, 1755 in Landau, † July 27, 1828 in Lord Hausen ) was a German botanist and garden inspector of the Royal Gardens. Its official botanical author abbreviation is " JCWendl. ".

Career

Wendland was born as the son of working for the Prince of Löwenstein -Wertheim gardener Wendland. Such biased learned Wendland four years, the nursery in the orchard of Karlsruhe Palace at the local court gardener Johann Bernhard Saul and then went to the Hessian court at Kassel in the mountain park William height. In 1780 he received a first steady job as a gardener at the Royal Gardens. His botanical knowledge gave him the Swiss botanist and director of the Royal Gardens Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart. Wendland, who initially had the oversight of the greenhouses and orangeries and was responsible for the pineapple culture, in 1817 promoted to inspector garden. His specialty was later the culture of vines and peach trees. His busy literary activity was accompanied by a drawing talent. All the illustrations of his works were drawn by himself or erased.

His son Heinrich Ludolph Wendland and his grandson Hermann Wendland were also gardeners in Mr. Hausen. The family worked there from 1780 to 1903.

Writings

  • Hortus Herrenhusanus, 1788-1801
  • Johann Christoph Wendland, Heinrich Adolf Schrader: Sertum Hannoveranum ..., 1795
  • Directory of glass and greenhouse plants of the Royal Mining garden to Mr. Hausen. 1797
  • Botanical observations, together with some new genera and species. 1798
  • Ericarum icones et descriptiones / Picture and description of the Gentiles, 1798-1823 (26 folders )
  • Collectio Plantarum tam quam exoticarum indigenarum. 3 volumes to 1819
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