Career

Collections

Biographical data

(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors)

career:

Forester of the Bureau of Forestry at Manila (P.I.), about 1914-15 Director of Forestry. He later went to China, married a wealthy widow, and did no work after that.

Parkia sherfeseei Merr. is named after him.

collections:

Herb. Manila [PNH], numbered in the F.B. (see sub Forestry Bureau, Manila) series.

biographical data:

Portr. in Philip. Journ. Forestry 2, 1939, pl. 1.