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### Author
Gammie, George Alexander (1839-1935), Scottish agriculturalist, born 12 Nov 1839 in Kingcausie (Kincardine), apprenticed as a gardener, sent to Sikkim in 1865 to manage cinchona plantations and quinine extraction, F.L.S., retired in 1897.
**Abbreviated name**: *Gammie* \[standard form in IPNI: *Gammie*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection A|A]], [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection CAL|CAL]], [[Collection DD|DD]], [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection H|H]] (Musc.), [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection LE|LE]], [[Collection MICH|MICH]], [[Collection P|P]] (Pter.), [[Collection U|U]], [[Collection US|US]].
#### Bibliography and biography
APN p. 217; Barnhart 2: 26; BM 2: 637; CSP 9: 958 (as "J. Gammie"), 12: 260, 15: 200; Desmond p. 243, ed. 2: 269; IF p. 698; IF suppl. 4: 354; IH 2: 215; MW p. 134; Morren ed. 10: 145; Rehder 5(index): 307-308; Tucker 1: 268, 3: 114: Urban-Berl. p. 348.
#### Biofile
- Burkill, I.H., 1965. Chapt. Hist. Bot. India: 238. (index)
- Dörfler, I., 1896. Botaniker-Adressbuch: 152; 1902. Id., ed. 2: 206; 1909. Id., ed. 3: 290.
- G\[age\]., A.T., 1936. Proc. Linn. Soc. London 148: 207-208.
- P\[rain\]., D., 1918. J. Kew Guild 3(xxv): \[399\]. (frontisp. portr.)
#### Composite works
Contributed a chapter entitled "The vegetation of temperate and alpine Sikhim" to *The Gazetteer of Sikhim*, &c.... 1894, a volume that has been reprinted (sometimes with variant titles) in 1970, 1972, 1973, 1985 and 1993.
### Publications
##### n.36.010. botanical tour
**Title**
Report on a *botanical tour* in *Sikkim*... Calcutta (Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India) 1894. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1 Feb 1894 (printing date on p. 24), cover-t.p., p. \[i\], \[1\]-24. *Copies*: HH, LC (n.v.), NY (imperfect copy) (n.v.), U, WU. – Reprinted and to be cited from Rec. Bot. Surv. India 1(2): 1-24. 1895.
*Reprint of 1894 ed*. \[1978?\]:... Delhi (Periodical Experts Book Agency)/Dehra Dun (International Book Distributors). *Copy*: (n.v.).
##### n.36.011. botanical tour
**Title**
Report on a *botanical tour* in the *Lakhimpur* District, *Assam*... Calcutta (Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India) 1895. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 3 Dec 1895 (printing date on p. 88), cover-t.p., p. \[i\], \[61\]-88. *Copies*: HH, LC (n.v.), NY (imperfect copy) (n.v.), U. – Reprinted and to be cited from Rec. Bot. Surv. India 1(5): 61-88. 1895.
*Ref*.: Stapf, O., 1896. Bot. Centralbl. Beih. 6(2/3): 170-172 (rev.).
- *Reprint of 1895 ed*.: \[1978?\]... Delhi (Periodical Experts Book Agency)/Dehra Dun (International Book Distributors). *Copy*: (n.v.).
##### n.36.012. botanical tour
**Title**
A *botanical tour* in *Chamba* and *Kangra*... Calcutta (Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India) 1898. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 26 Apr 1898 (printing date on p. 214), cover-t.p., p. \[183\]-214. *Copies*: HH, LC (n.v.), NY (imperfect copy) (n.v.), U. – Reprinted and to be cited from Rec. Bot. Surv. India 1(10): 183-214. 1898.
*Reprint of 1896 ed*. \[1978?\]:... Delhi (Periodical Experts Book Agency)/Dehra Dun (International Book Distributors). *Copy*: (n.v.).
##### n.36.013. note
**Title**
A *note* on *plants* used for *food* during *famines* and seasons of scarcity in the *Bombay Presidency*... Calcutta (Government Central Printing Office...) 1902. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 15 Aug 1902 (issue date on cover-t.p.), cover-t.p., p. \[ii\], \[171\]-196. *Copies*: HH (n.v.), LC (n.v.), NY (photocopy from periodical), U. – Reprinted and to be cited from Rec. Bot. Surv. India 2(2): 171-196. 1902.
*Note*: Other title "A note on plants used during famines and seasons of scarcity in the Bombay Presidency".
*Reprint of 1902 ed*. \[1978?\]:... Delhi (Periodical Experts Book Agency)/Dehra Dun (International Book Distributors). *Copy*: (n.v.).
##### n.36.014. Millets
**Title**
*Millets* of the *genus Setaria* in the *Bombay Presidency* and Sind... Calcutta (Published for the Imperial Dept. of Agriculture in India by Thacker, Spink & Co.)/London (W. Thacker & Co.) 1911. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Jan 1911 (on t.p.), p. \[1\]-8, *pl. 1-5. Copies*: LC (n.v.), US-HC. – Reprinted and to be cited from Mem. Dept. Agric. India, Bot. Ser., 4(1): 1-6, *pl. 1-5.* 1911.