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November 2003 Newsletter
... . In England in 1402, Sir William Clopton granted to Thomas Smyth a piece of ground called Dokmedwe, in Haustede, for the annual payment of a rose to Sir William and his heirs, in lieu ... . By 1848, some 1,500 different roses were listed, described, and offered for sale by William Paul's "The Rose Garden" catalogue.  There were nearly 800 Alba, Centifolia, Moss, Damask, and ...
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Rhododendron History
... ) from Japan. Hooker, Sir Joseph D.(1817-1911) A Scotsman and son of Sir William, who he succeed as Director of Kew Gardens [http://www.sisley.co.uk/kew.htm]. Sir Joseph Hooker returned ... timberline. Rhododendron albiflorum was discovered by Mr. Drummond during the early nineteenth century. In 1834, Sir William Jackson Hooker sent seeds to Dr. Graham of Edinburgh, where it flowered in Scotland in ...
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Robert Tait McKenzie
... McKenzie was born in 1867, in Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada, where his father, William McKenzie, emigrated to Canada from Kelso, Scotland, in 1858 and became minister of the ... began to create at McGill a special Department of Physical Education but, though the President, Sir William Peterson, and other officials were in favor, funding was not available. Meanwhile, the University of ...
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The Beaver
... it on the shield of its coat of arms in 1678. (Sir William Alexander, who was granted title to Nova Scotia in 1621, had ... town was destroyed during the American Civil War (1864) by General William Tecumseh Sherman's Union army. It is now an agricultural trading centre ... in socage, particularly in Pennsylvania, where the royal charter given to William Penn created a socage tenure with an annual rent of ...
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Historical1
... Captain Mangles who visited the Swan River in 1831 and later to John Lindley and Sir William J Hooker. Lindley arranged disposal of duplicate collections that were studied by Stephan Endlicher and ... he taught himself enough botanical Latin and art to name and describe numerous Australian orchids. William Nicholls life interest in our orchids reflected a dedication and singleness of purpose that was ...
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Clivia Article 6 William Jackson Hooker
... William Jackson Hooker Home | Discussion Forum | Membership | Articles | Seed | Feature Plant | Breaking News | Links | Editorial | Contact Us Article 6 Article submitted by Cobus Roos William Jackson Hooker (1785-1865) Sir William Jackson Hooker was born at Norwich in 1785. He showed an early interest in botany, and made an expedition to Iceland in 1809 through the encouragement of Sir ...
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Joseph Banks the Leader - PlantExplorers.com™
... Captain Bligh Carl Linnaeus Daniel Solander Erasmus Darwin William Jackson Hooker In The Beginning The earliest days ... William Jackson Hooker, who would turn down Banks' invitation from to travel to Java and collect for the garden, eliciting this letter from Banks; 'My dear Sir ... in honour of his wife, Lady Dorothea Banks. Sir William Jackson Hooker Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker Joseph Banks The Explorer ...
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Joseph Banks the Experiment - PlantExplorers.com™
... the Commander (Bligh), Sailing Master, Surgeon, Botanist (Nelson), First Midshipman, and one 'enlisted man', gardener William Brown. The mutiny is not so important to Banks' story as is the successful ... Read more on this fruit that is only now reaching greater distribution. mangosteen.com Sir William Jackson Hooker Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker The Explorer I The Explorer II The Leader The Experiment ...
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William Jackson Hooker - PlantExplorers.com™
... .com - Feature Articles The Explorers Sir William Jackson Hooker Kew, a Botanical Garden for the Ages Sir Joseph Banks Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker The Antarctic Sir James Clark Ross Megaherbs Charles ... time his son, Sir Joseph Hooker, took over as Director. Sir William Jackson Hooker Kew, a Botanical Garden for the Ages Sir Joseph Banks Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker The Antarctic Sir James Clark ...
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Captain William Bligh - PlantExplorers.com™
... rapidly disappearing natural world Home > The Explorers > Captain William Bligh Rear Admiral William Bligh (1754 - 1817) Arguably one of ... William Bligh, commander of the HMAV Bounty (His Majesty's Armed Vessel) at the age of 33, was charged with conducting the first part of Sir ... the botanist, died of fever several weeks later. Sir Joseph Banks defended William Bligh to the Admiralty, and believed in ...
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