> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 412](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33258890) of TL-2 Suppl. VIII > Author links: [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21165102) QID Q21165102 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Groom, Percy (1865-1931), English botanist, born 12 Sep 1865 in Wellington (Shropshire), B.A. 1887 Cambridge, prof. of botany and arboriculture, Imperial College, Whampoa (now Huangpu), China 1889-1892, lecturer in botany at various colleges in Great Britain 1892-1908, ultimately asst. prof. of botany and then prof. of technology of woods and fibres, Imperial College of Science & Technology (London) 1908-1931, F.R.S. 1924, M.A., D.Sc. Oxford, F.L.S., died 16 Sep 1931 in Gerrards Cross (Bucks.). **Abbreviated name**: *P. Groom* #### Herbarium and types Unknown. – Papers are in the archives of the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine (London). #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 2: 90; Biol.-Dokum. 7: 85.543; BM 2: 740, 6: 412; CSP 15: 477; Desmond p. 272-273, ed. 2: 301-302; Kelly p. 94; Kew 2: 517-518; Langman p. 338; LS 10.443; Moebius p. 281; Rehder 5(index): 345; TL-1: 518 (index); TL-2/5, 2/7 (indices); Tucker 1: 304, 2: xviii, 3: 127. #### Biofile - Anon., Morning Post \[newspaper\]: 18 Sep 1931; Times (London) \[newspaper\]: 18 Sep 1931; Intl. address book botanists: 183. 1931. - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., 1980. Nat. hist. manuscript resources British Isles: 405. (index) - Dörfler, I., 1896. Botaniker-Adressbuch: 82; 1902. Id., ed. 2: 107; 1909. Id., ed. 3: 158. - F\[armer\]., J.B., 1931. Nature 128: 695. - F\[armer\]., J.B., 1932. Obit. notices Fellows Royal Soc. 1: 63-64. (portr.) - Farmer, J.B., 1932. Proc. Linn. Soc. London 144: 176-177. - Rendle, A.B., 1931. J. Bot. 69: 266-267. #### Composite works - (1) *Plant-geography upon a physiological basis*... 1903, which is the English transl. by William Rogers Fisher (1846-1910) of A.F.W. Schimper, *Pfl.-Geogr. Physiol. Grundl.*... 1898, was revised and edited by Groom & I.B. Balfour (1853-1922), see TL-2/5, nr. 10.670. - (2) E. Warming, *Plantesamfund*... 1895, was "prepared for publication in English" by Groom & I.B. Balfour (1853-1922) and published as *Oecology of plants*... 1909, see TL-2/7, nr. 16.732. - (3) Edited H.M. Ward, *Trees*... 1904-1909, vols. 4-5, see TL-2/7, nr. 16.682, where credit is given Groom for vol. 4 but not 5. ### Publications ##### n.37.294. Dischidia rafflesiana **Title** On *Dischidia rafflesiana* (Wall.)... \[from\] Annals of Botany... 1893. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jun 1893 (on p. 223), p. \[223\]-242, *pl. 10* (uncol. lith., fold.). *Copies*: G, K. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 7(26): 223-242, *pl. 10.* 1893. *Note*: A preliminary version of this paper appeared in Proc. Roy. Soc. London 53: 51-52. 1893, of which there evidently is a reprint but no copy seen by us. ##### n.37.295. Contributions **Title** *Contributions* to the knowledge of *monocotyledonous saprophytes*... \[London (Linnean Society)\] 1894. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 17 Dec 1894 (in journal, read 20 Dec 1894), p. \[149\]-215, *pl. 4-6* (uncol. lith.). *Copies*: HH-Ames (detached), NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 31: 149-215, *pl. 4-6.* 1894. ##### n.37.296. new saprophytic Monocotyledon **Title** On a *new saprophytic Monocotyledon*... \[Annals of Botany...\] 1895. Oct. **Notes** *Co-author*: Ridley, Henry Nicholas (1855-1956) validated *Protolirion* Ridl. on p. 56-57; see also TL-2/4: 786-788 and IH 2: 760. *Publ*.: Mar 1895 (on p. 45), p. \[45\]-58, *pl. 3* (uncol. lith., fold.). *Copies*: K, NY (detached). – Reprinted (detached?) and to be cited from Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 9(33): 45-58, *pl. 3.* 1895. *Note*: *Protolirion* Ridl. (1895) (Petrosaviaceae), see ING 3: 1419. 1979. ##### n.37.297. Trees **Title** *Trees* and their *life histories*... London, etc. (Cassell and Company, Limited) 1907. Qu. **Notes** *Photographer*: Irving, Henry (1850-x). *Publ*.: 1907, p. \[i\]-xvi, \[1\]-407, 517 phot. *Copies*: BM (n.v.), HH, LC (n.v.), USDA. *Ref*.: Anon., Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs 12(58): 262. Jan 1908 (brief rev.). - *Another imprint*: 1909,... London (Cassell and Company, Ltd.). *Copies*: HH, K(3) (n.v.). - *Note*: Some of the glass negatives of the photographs of trees taken by Irving are at The Natural History Museum (London).