Isaac Anderson-Henry
Scottish lawyer and horticulturalist . Practised as a solicitor in Edinburgh from 1834 or earlier. Retired from practice in 1861, when his wife succeeded to the estates of Woodend, Perthshire, and, as a condition of the entail, took the additional name Henry. Established a garden in Edinburgh known for its many rare plants. Collected plants from the Andes, north-western Himalayas, and New Zealand. Interested in plant hybridisation and acclimatisation. Member of various scientific societies in London and Edinburgh. President of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh, 1867–8.
Sources: County families 1878 Curtis’s: 175–6 Gard. Chron 1873.03.22: 39 Post Office Edinburgh directory 1834–84 (1861–84) s.v. Henry, Isaac Anderson) Proc. Linn. Soc. London 1886–7: 42–4
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See also Correspondence, volume(s): 8,10,11,12