> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 613](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33333752) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/9688-1) LSID 9688-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1508264) QID Q1508264 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Sinclair, George (1786-1834), British gardener and botanist; with the Duke of Bedford at Woburn Abbey 1803-ca. 1824; from 1824 partner in Messrs Cormack and Son, nurserymen and seedsmen at New Cross, Kent. **Abbreviated name**: *Sinclair* \[standard form in IPNI: *G.Sinclair*\] #### Herbarium and types Grasses in first edition of his *Hort. grass. woburn*. (1816). – *Letters* J.E. Smith at [[Collection LINN|LINN]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 281; BB p. 277; BM 4: 1931; Desmond p. 561 (d. 13 Mar 1834); DNB 18(52): 294-295; Henrey 3: 114; Herder p. 277, 394; Hortus 3: 1204; Jackson p. 415, 606; NI 1849-1850a; PR 8692, 2374, ed. 1: 2686, 9665; Rehder 2: 664, 3: 106, 649; TL-2/1505; Tucker 1: 652. #### Biofile - Allibone, S.A., Crit. dict. Engl. lit. 2: 2112. 1878. - Anon., Brit. Mus. gen. cat. print. books 222: 917-918. 1964; Gard. Mag. Reg. rur. domest. Impt. 1834: 192. - Burdet, H.M., Musées de Genève 153: 9-14. 1975 (on Woburn Abbey Series). - Dawson, W.R., Smith letters 84, 86. 1934 (copy Hort. gram. woburn. offered to Linn. Soc. 18 Jun 1817). - Freeman, R.B., Brit. nat. hist. books 316. 1980. - Junk, W., Rara 1: 67. 1900-1913. - Kent, D.H. & D.E. Allen, Brit. Irish herb. 244. 1984. #### Composite works - (1) "numerous additions and corrections..." to J. Donn, *Hortus cantabrig*. ed. 12, 1831, ed. 13, 1845, TL-2/1505. – Ed. 13 rd. by Hinrichs in Leipzig by 8 Jul 1845. - (2) Humphry Davy, *Elements of agricultural chemistry*, London 1813, *Appendix*: "An account of the results of experiments (made by G. Sinclair) on the produce and nutritive qualities of different grasses and other plants, used as food of animals. Instituted by John Duke of Bedford". This is a precursor of part of the *Hort. gram. Woburn*. (see below). – German translation by A.A. Deutsch, Trier 1821, 138 p. #### Eponymy *Sinclairia* W.J. Hooker et Arnott (1841) and the derived genus *Sinclairiopsis* Rydberg (197) were named for Dr. Sinclair who accompanied Captain Beechey on his voyage. ### Publications ##### n.12.022. Hortus gramineus woburnensis **Title** *Hortus gramineus woburnensis*: or, an account of the results of experiments on the produce and nutritive qualities of different grasses, and other plants, used as the food of the more valuable domestic animals: instituted by John Duke of Bedford. Illustrated with dried specimens of the plants upon which these experiments have been made, and practical observations on their natural habits, and the soils best adapted to their growth; pointing out the kinds most profitable for permanent pasture, irrigated meadows, dry or upland pasture, and the alternative husbandry; accompanied with the discriminating characters of the species, and varieties. By George Sinclair,... London (printed by B. M'Millan, Bow-Street,...) 1816. Fol. **Abbreviated title**: *Hort. gram. woburn.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1816 (p. \[iii\]: 25 Jun 1816), p. \[i\]-vi, \[i\]-lxvi, \[1\]-316, \[317-320, indexes\], with dried specimens glued to blank but numbered sheets in pagination (121 in copies NY, USDA; 122 fide NI, 123 other sources), errata slip pasted on p. \[ii\]. *Copies*: MO, NY, USDA. *Octavo ed*.: 1824 (p. viii: 7 Oct 1824), p. \[i\]-xx, \[1\]-438, *60 pl*. (mostly col. liths. by Louis Parey). *Copies*: HH, MO, NY. – "*Hortus*... \[same text as in 1816 ed.\]" London (printed for James Ridgway,...) 1824. Oct. *Ed. 2*: 1825, p. \[i\]-xx, \[1\]-438, *60 pl*. (col. or uncol. liths.). *Copies*: G, HH, NY, USDA. – "Second edition." London (id.) 1825. Oct. *Ed. 3*: 1826, p. \[i\]-xx, \[1\]-438. *60 pl*. (id.). *Copies*: B, HH, MO, NY. – "Third edition". London (id.) 1826. Oct. *Ed. 4*: 1838 (Hinrichs by 15 Oct 1838), p. \[i\]-iv, \[1\]-362, *43 pl*. (col. liths., 1 copp., 1 wood-cut). *Copies*: HH, NY, PH, US, USDA. – "Fourth edition. To which is (for the first time) added, the weeds of agriculture. The whole revised and improved..." London (Ridgways,...) s.d. – The *Glyceria aquatica* plate may be absent. *Ed*. 5: 1869, p. \[i\]-iv, \[1\]-362, *45 pl. Copies*: BR, HH, NY. – "Fifth edition..." London (W. Ridgway,...) 1869. Oct. *German ed*.: 1826 (p. vi: 30 Dec 1825), p. \[i\]-xix, \[1\]-418, 59 \[*60?*\] *pl*. (liths. 59 in copies seen by us, *60* fide NI 1850 a). *Copies*: B-G, BR, NY. – "*Hortus gramineus woburnensis* oder Versuche über den Ertrag und Nahrungskräfte verschiedener Gräser und anderer Pflanzen, welche zum Unterhalt der nützlichern Hausthiere dienen; veranstaltet durch Johann, Herzog von Bedford. Mit vielen Abbildungen der Pflanzen und Samen erläutert, womit diese Versuche gemacht wurden, nebst praktischen Bemerkungen über ihre natürlichen Eigenschaften, und die Erdarten, welche am besten für sie taugen; sammt Angaben über die besten Gräser für dauernde Weiden bewässerte Wiesen, hochliegendes Weideland, und zur Wechselwirthschaft, begleitet mit den unterscheidenden Merkmalen der Arten und Abarten von Georg Sinclair ..." Stuttgart und Tübingen (in der J.G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung) 1826. Oct. – *Note*: Pritzel mentions as the first German translation: "Johann Herzog von Bedford's chemisch-agronomische Untersuchungen über den Werth verschiedner Futtergräser ..." Trier 1821. However, this is a German translation of Humphry Davy \[1778-1829\] *Elements of agricultural chemistry... Appendix*, see above under Composite works. ##### n.12.023. Hortus ericaeus woburnensis **Title** *Hortus ericaeus woburnensis*: or, a catalogue of heaths, in the collection of the Duke of Bedford, at Woburn Abbey. Alphabetically and systematically arranged \[London\] 1825. Fol. **Abbreviated title**: *Hort. eric. woburn.* **Notes** *Authorship*: attributed to James Forbes (1773-1861), also a gardener at Woburn Abbey, by Pritzel; to G. Sinclair by e.g. Nissen. The preface is signed by Bedford and is written as if Bedford himself was the author. *Publ*.: 1825 (p. iv: 1 Jan 1825), p. \[i\]-xiv, \[1\]-42, \[43, expl. pl.\], \[44, bibl.\], *pl. 1-4* (col.) and *6 pl*. of garden plans, buildmaps, etc. *Copies*: MO, NY, USDA.