> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 853](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33120984) of TL-2 Vol. I > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/2817-1) LSID 2817-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3161083) QID Q3161083 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Forbes, James (1773-1861), British gardener at Woburn Abbey. **Abbreviated name**: *J. Forbes* \[standard form in IPNI: *J.Forbes*\] #### Herbarium and types Some at [[Collection K|K]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 556; BB p. 111; NI 641-642; PR 2959-2962. - Anon., Proc. Linn. Soc. 1860: civ-cv. 1862. - Burdet, Musées de Genève 153: 9-14. 1975. #### Eponymy *Forbesia* Ecklon ex G. Nel (1914) is dedicated to John Forbes (1798-1823), English botanical collector; *Forbesina* Ridley (1925) is dedicated to Henry O. Forbes (1851-1932), Scottish botanist. ### Publications ##### n.1815. Salictum woburnense **Title** *Salictum woburnense*: or, a catalogue of willows, indigenous and foreign, in the collection of the Duke of Bedford at Woburn Abbey; systematically arranged. \[London\] 1829. **Abbreviated title**: *Salict. woburn.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Nov-Dec 1829 (p. viii, Nov 1829), front., p. \[i\]-xvi, pl. generic char., \[xviii\], \[1\]-294, *139* unnumbered col. liths. by R. C. Stratford. *Copies*: G, MO, NY. – The name of the book is indeed *Salictum. A* slip in the NY copy states: "of this work fifty copies only have been printed." The Duke of Bedford thanks Forbes for the "arrangement" of the catalogue. In conjunction with the text on the title page this leaves little doubt as to Forbes' authorship. *Ref*.: NI 642 (err. "*Salicetum*"); PR 2960 (id.) ##### n.1816. Hortus woburnensis **Title** *Hortus woburnensis*, a descriptive catalogue of upwards of six thousand ornamental plants cultivated at Woburn Abbey. With numerous illustrative plans for the erection of forcing houses, green houses, &c. and an account of their management throughout the year. London (James Ridgway) 1833. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Hort. woburn.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Oct-Nov 1833 (p. i, dedic. Jul 1833), p. \[i\]-xxiv, \[xxv-xxvii\], \[1\]-440, \[16, indexes\], *pl. 1-26* (and engr. t.p.). *Copies*: G, MO, NY. – PR mentions "a few copies are printed on royal paper, for such of the Nobility as may desire them." *Ref*.: BH; PR 2961. ##### n.1817. Pinetum woburnense **Title** *Pinetum woburnense*: or, a catalogue of coniferous plants, in the collection of the Duke of Bedford, at Woburn Abbey; systematically arranged. \[London\] 1839. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Pinet. woburn.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Mai 1839 (p. viii dated Jan 1839), p. \[i\]-xvi, \[2\], \[1\]-226, *pl. 1-67* and frontisp. *Copies*: G, MO, NY. – "Of this work one hundred copies only have been printed." *Ref*.: BH; NI 641. - Gordon, The Pinetum, London 1880.