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### Author
Forrest, George (1873-1932), British traveller and plant collector in China (1904-1952).
**Abbreviated name**: *Forrest* \[standard form in IPNI: *Forrest*\]
#### Herbarium and types
All first sets from Burma, China and Tibet at [[Collection E|E]] (ca. 36.000 numbers); duplicates at [[Collection A|A]], [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection CAL|CAL]], [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection HK|HK]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection LU|LU]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection NF|NF]], [[Collection T|T]], [[Collection TR|TR]], [[Collection S|S]], [[Collection US|US]], [[Collection W|W]].
*Ref*.: IH 1 (ed. 6): 358, 2: 203.
- Hedge and Lamond, Index coll. Edinburgh 80. 1970.
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 1: 558; Bossert p. 130; MW p. 122-123, suppl. p. 69; Zander ed. 10, p. 659.
- Bay, Index Flora 26-100: 10-11. 1910.
- Nelmes and Cuthbertson, Bot. Mag. Dedications 1827-1927: 376-378. 1932 (portr.)
- Taylor, J. Bot. 70: 79-81. 1932.
- Backer, Verkl. woordenb. 220. 1936.
- MacQueen Cowan, The journeys and plant introductions of George Forrest. London 1952, xi, 252 p. (see also Kew Bull. 1953: 205-206).
- Coats, The plant hunters 123-127, 388 \[index\]. 1969.
- Cooper et al., Man hunts and plant hunts by the adventurous George Forrest, Scottish Rock Garden Club s.d., 89 p. (portr., bibl.)
- Forrest, Plantes de Montagne 6: 187-196. 1972.
- Taylor, Amat. Gard. 4624: 22-23. 1973 (portr.)
- Lancaster, Gard. Chron. 174(17): 30-33. 1973.
- Aitken, J. Scott. Rock Garden Club 14(1): 33-43. 1974.
- Lemmon, North. Gard. 28(1): 20-23. 1974.
- Anon., Garden J. 25(2): 40-41. 1975 (portr.)
#### Composite works
Smith, W. W., H. R. Fletcher and G. Forrest, *The genus Primula* 1929-1950.