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Nathaniel Wilson

1809–74

Scottish botanist. Gardener at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, from 1834. Curator of the Botanic Garden, Bath, Jamaica, 1846–67. Specialist in fibrous plants.

Sources

R. Desmond 1994

Morris 1898, p. 143.

Bibliography

Desmond, Ray. 1994. Dictionary of British and Irish botanists and horticulturists including plant collectors, flower painters and garden designers. New edition, revised with the assistance of Christine Ellwood. London: Taylor & Francis and the Natural History Museum. Bristol, Pa.: Taylor & Francis.

Morris, Daniel. 1898. Report on the economic resources of the West Indies. Royal Gardens, Kew. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information. Additional series 1.

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