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In 1939, Legge went to India to study flora in the Valley of Flowers on behalf of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [4] While traversing some rocky slopes to collect flowers, she slipped off and lost her life. [5] She died unmarried at the age of 54. Legge's sister came in search of her and built a tomb in the Valley of Flowers. [6]
In early 1918, realizing that many of his plants were not described in his books, he made contact with R. Allen Rolfe at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England." [5] A package "C. W. P." (Powell) sent Rolfe was acknowledged by the latter via The Orchid Review (May 1918): "The package duly arrived, but was badly broken and the contents missing ...
Robert Fortune (16 September 1812 – 13 April 1880) [1] was a Scottish botanist, plant hunter and traveller, best known for introducing around 250 new ornamental plants, mainly from China, but also Japan, into the gardens of Britain, Australia, and North America.
Lilian Snelling (1879–1972) was "probably the most important British botanical artist of the first half of the 20th century". [4] She was the principal artist and lithographer to Curtis's Botanical Magazine between 1921 and 1952 [ 5 ] and "was considered one of the greatest botanical artists of her time" – "her paintings were both detailed ...
James Niven (1776–1827), a Scottish botanical collector at the Cape of Good Hope: his hortus siccus at the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin (DBN), and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K). Kew Bulletin 48: 663–682. Nelson, E. C. and McCracken, E. M. 1987. The Brightest Jewel. A history of the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin ...
In October 1876 he was offered the position of head gardener at the botanic garden at Trinity College Dublin. He took up the position a month later and managed the 6 acre botanic garden at Ballsbridge for some three years. On his father's death in June 1879, Moore sought to be appointed to the vacant post at the Royal Botanic Gardens at Glasnevin.
William Robert Guilfoyle (8 December 1840 – 25 June 1912) was an English landscape gardener and botanist in Victoria, Australia, acknowledged as the architect of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne and was responsible for the design of many parks and gardens in Melbourne and regional Victoria.
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is a non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. An internationally important botanical research and education institution, it employs 1,100 staff. [ 1 ]