> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 110](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33258588) of TL-2 Suppl. VIII > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/3003-1) LSID 3003-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1461150) QID Q1461150 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] > [!example] See also [[Gamble, James Sykes|first entry]] for this author ### Author \* Gamble, James Sykes (1847-1925), British forester and botanist, born 2 Jul 1847 in London, educated at the Royal Naval School, New Cross, B.A. 1869 Oxford, studied at the École Nationale des Eaux et Forêts, Nancy, France, entered the Indian Forest Dept. 1871, in Burma (now Myanmar) and other places 1872-1877, posted to Madras Presidency 1882, transfered to Dehra Dun in 1890 where he was dir., Imperial Forest School until retirement in 1895, F.L.S., F.R.S. 1899, died 16 Oct 1925 in East Liss (Hants). **Abbreviated name**: *Gamble* \[standard form in IPNI: *Gamble*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection K|K]] (orig.), duplicates [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection CAL|CAL]], [[Collection DD|DD]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection H|H]] (Musc.), [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection MH|MH]], [[Collection OXF|OXF]], [[Collection US|US]]. #### Bibliography and biography APN p. 217; Backer p. 650; Barnhart 2: 26; BB p. 118; BM 2: 637, 6: 355; Clokie p. 169; CSP 15: 199; Desmond p. 243, ed. 2: 269; Frodin ed. 2: 1025 (index); Hist. Coll. BMNH p. 150; Hortus 3: 1193; IH 2: 215; Jackson p. 387; Kent ed. 2: 145; Kew 2: 369; Kew List p. 25; LS 33.540; MW p. 134; Morren ed. 10: 149; NI 684; Rehder 5(index): 307; TL-2/1: 907-908, indices 2/2, Suppl. 4; Tucker 1: 268, 2: xvii, 3: 114; Urban-Berl. p. 348; Zander ed. 11: 753, ed. 17: 949. #### Biofile - Anon., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1925: 400, 433-439. 1925 (bibl.); Empire Forest. J. 2: 92. 1925; Gard. Chron. 1925(2): 359. 1925; J. Roy. Soc. Arts 73: 1071-1072. 30 Oct 1925; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1926: 12-17. 1926; Rep. Bot. Soc. & Exch. Club Brit. Isles 7: 847-848. 1926. - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., 1980. Nat. hist. manuscript resources British Isles: 402. (index) - Buckland, C.E., 1968. Dictionary Indian biogr.: 159. \[reprint of 1906 ed.\] - Burkill, I.H., 1965. Chapt. Hist. Bot. India: 238. (index) - Dallimore, W., 1925. Empire Forest. J. 4: 292-293. - Dallimore, W., 1926. Quart. J. For. 20: 15-16. - Desmond, R., 1992. European discovery Indian flora: 346. (index) - Dörfler, I., 1896. Botaniker-Adressbuch: 152; 1902. Id., ed. 2: 206; 1909. Id., ed. 3: 157. - \[Engelmann, W.\], 1891. Botanisches Adressbuch: 116. - Hedge, I.C. & J.M. Lamond (eds.), 1970. Index collectors Edinburgh Herb.: 82. - H\[ill\], A.W., 1926. Proc. Roy. Soc., ser. B, 99: xxxviii-xliii. (portr.) - Huxley, L., 1918. Life letters Hooker 2: 535. (index). - P\[rain\]., D., 1926. Proc. Linn. Soc. London 1925-26: 80-81. - Rajan, R. & K. Vivekananthan, 1978. *In*, \[Anon.?\], The Madras Herbarium (MH) 1853-1978 125th Anniversary Souvenir:... 42. (abstract) - Rajan, R. & K. Vivekananthan, 1981 \[i.e. 1983\]. Bull. Bot. Surv. India 23(1-2): 1-6. - Reed, C.F., 1969. Bibl. Fl. SE Asia: 77-78. (bibl.) - Rendle, A., 1925. J. Bot. 63: 335. - Riddick, J.F., 1998. Who was who in British India: 137. - Stebbing, E.P., 1925. Nature 116: 684-685. - Sundararaj, D., 1958. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 55: 238-242. \[on *Fl. Madras*\] (portr.) - Wickens, G.E., 1982. Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 40: 313. - Wülfing, H.E., 1926. Tectona 19: 411-142. #### Note The following titles treated earlier can be amended as follows: - (1) *Man. Ind. timb.*... ed. 2 (1881) (see TL-2/1, nr. 1935), add: *Reprint* \[Ed. 2\]: 1972... Dehra Dun (Bishen Sing Mahendra Pal Singh). *Copy*: MO. - (2) *Fl. Madras*... (see TL-2/1, nr. 1936), add: *Ed. 2* \[reprinted\]: \[1957 & 1967\]... Calcutta (Botanical Survey of India)... 3 vols. (but type reset so: vol. 1: \[i\]-lii, \[1\]-408, 2: \[409\]-942, 3: \[943\]-1389, map (fold.)). *Copies*: Nicolson \[1967\], NY (n.v.). #### Composite works - (1) Pref. *in* Upendranatha N. Kanjilal (1859-1928), *Forest flora of the school circle, N.-W.P.*... 1901. - (2) Collaborated with Sir G. King, *Mat. fl. Malay. Penins.* (King)... 26 parts, 1889-1936 (TL-2/2, nr. 3655, emend.), being co-author of fascicle nos. 14-21 and sole author of nos. 22-25. *Note*: (a) The title is incorrect in TL-2/2, nr. 3655. It should be *Materials for a flora of the Malayan Peninsula* and abbreviated *Mat. fl. Malay. Penins.* (King). Confusion is compounded by the running head of all pages: "Flora of the Malayan Peninsula". (b) The title is the same and easily confused with that of a contemporary work by Henry Nicholas Ridley (1855-1956), abbreviated *Mat. fl. Malay Penins.* \[the 3rd word not an abbreviation !\] (Ridley), see TL-2/4, nr. 9208. (c) *Flora of the Malayan Peninsula*... Delhi (Cosmo)... 1986... is a confusingly titled reprint of only nos. 16-17 of King & Gamble's work (the final part of the Rubiaceae to the Pedalinaceae). *Copy*: MO. ### Publications ##### n.36.006. List **Title** *List* of the *trees*, *shrubs* and large climbers found in the *Darjeeling* District, Bengal ... Calcutta (Printed at the Bengal Secretariat Press) 1878. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1878 (pref. signed 31 Mar 1877), t.p., p. \[i\]-iv \[=pref.\], \[1\]-88, \[i\]-ii \[=addenda & corr.\], \[i\]-xvi \[=indices\]. *Copies*: HH (n.v.), K (n.v.), USDA. *Microfiche*: \[Zug, Switzerland\], IDC 758, \[19–\], 2 microfiches, 9×12 cm. *Copies*: LC (n.v.), MO. *Ed. 2* (rev.): 1896 (pref. ed. 2 signed 15 Jul 1895)... Calcutta (Printed at the Presidency Jail Press), t.p., p. \[i\]-iv \[=pref. ed. 1\], \[v, pref. ed. 2\], \[1\]-89, \[i\]-xvi \[=indices\]. *Copies*: BM (n.v.), K (n.v.), NY, USDA. *Note*: Interleaved with blank pages. \[*Ed. 3*\]: A "1929 \[3rd\] ed.", The *trees* of *northern Bengal*: including shrubs, woody climbers, bamboos, palms and tree ferns: being a revision of the List of the trees, shrubs and large climbers found in the Drajeeling District, Bengal... (1929) by Adeline May Cowan and John Macqueen Cowan (1892-1960), was treated under its co-author, see TL-2/ Suppl. 4, nr. 27.998. *Reprint* \[1929 ed.\]: 1979,... Delhi (Periodical Expert Book Agency)... *Copy*: UC-Davis (n.v.). ##### n.36.007. Bambuseae **Title** The *Bambuseae* of *British India*... Calcutta (Printed at the Bengal Secretariat Press) \[1894-\]1896. Fol. **Notes** *Illus*.: Choudhury, D.N.; Dass, G.C.; Dass, K.P.; Hormusji, Mr.; Idrees, Mahomed (fl. 1888-1890); Mila, S.A.D.; Molla, A.D.; and Singh, A.L. *Publ*.: \[1894-\]1896 (p. 128 dated 16 Oct 1894, p. xvii dated 8 Aug 1895, p. 3 index to scientific names dated 7 Mar 1896), cover-t.p. (of journal and another t.p. for the work), p. \[i-ii\], \[iii\]-\[iv\], errata, \[i\]-xvii \[=introd.\], \[1\]-128, h.t., \[129\]-133 \[=appendix\], \[1\]-3 \[=index to scientific names\], \[1\]-4 \[=index to vernacular names\], \[i, advert\], *pl. 1-119 *(lith.). *Copies*: G, K (n.v.), NY (n.v.), MO, US, WU. *Microfilm*: Wakefield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom (EP Group of Companies, Microform Division), \[19–\], 1 reel (35 mm). *Copy*: (n.v.). – Issued as Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. Calcutta 7: 1-133, *pl*. *1-119*. 1896. *Ref*.: Engler, A., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26(Lit.) 51-52. 31 Jan 1899 (brief notice). - *Reprint* (1) \[1896 ed.\]: 1966... Yorkshire, England (Micro Methods)/New York (Johnson Reprint Corp.), xvii, 133, 3, 4, p., *pl. 1-119.* 1966. *Copy*: MO (n.v.). - *Reprint* (2) \[1896 ed.\]: 1978,... Dehra Dun (Bishen Singh), t.p., facsimile t.p., t.p., \[errata\], p. \[i\]-xvii, \[h.t.?\], \[1\]-133, \[\[1\]-3\], \[\[1\]-4\], \[advert.\], *pl. 1-119* (uncol. lith). Qu. - *Copies*: LC (n.v.), US. *Note*: a slight reduction in size. - *Note*: TL-2/1: 908 (sub "Composite Works") suggested that Gamble co-authored the treatment of the Bambuseæ in J.D. Hooker, *Fl. Brit. India*, vol. 7: 375-420 \[late Apr-early Dec\] 1896. In fact, Hooker, who wrote the Gramineae for the flora, stated (p. 375) that the treatment of the bamboos was "drawn up, almost verbatim, from Mr. Gamble's 'Bambuseæ of British India,'..." and that he \[Hooker\] had a copy in advance of its publication in the journal. Hooker could well have gotten a copy of the text after 16 Oct 1894 (without t.p. or indices). The printer's dates indicate the main text was printed first (p. \[1\]-128. 16 Oct 1894), the introd. was printed 8 Aug 1895 and, finally, the indices were printed 7 Mar 1896. ##### n.36.008. Description **Title** *Description* of a new *Himalayan genus* of *Orobanchaceae*... J. Asiat. Soc. Beng. ... 1900. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 22 Jan 1901(*fide* ING 2: 719. 1979, rec'd. 7 Aug, read 5 Oct 1900), p. 417-418. *Copy*: K. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 69: 417-418. 1900. *Note: Gleadovia* Gamble & Prain, see ING 2: 719. 1979. ##### n.36.009. preliminary list **Title** A *preliminary list* of the *plants* of the *Andaman Islands*... Port Blair, The Andaman Islands (Chief Commissioner's Press) 1903. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1903 (introductory note dated 13 May 1903), cover-t.p., t.p., ii \[=abbreviations\], p. \[1\]-51. *Copies*: HH (n.v.), HH-Ames.