James Forbes (botanist)

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James Forbes (May 1773 – 6 July 1861) was a British gardener and botanist.

Forbes was born in May 1773 in Bridgend, Perthshire. He was the gardener for the Duke of Bedford at Woburn Abbey. He became a member of the Linnean Society of London in 1832. He was the author of {{lang|la|Salictum Woburnense}} (1829), {{lang|la|Hortus Woburnensis}} (1833), Journal of Horticultural Tour through Germany, Belgium and Part of France in... 1835 (1837) and {{lang|la|Pinetum Woburnense}} (1839).

Sir William Jackson Hooker (1785 – 1865) named the species Oncidium forbesii (in the family of Orchidaceae) after him. Forbes became a member of the Royal Society on 24 March 1803.

Forbes died on 6 July 1681, at Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire, aged 88.

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