James Anderson
1831/2–99
Scottish gardener; orchid specialist. Gardener to the Glasgow iron and shipping agent Thomas Dawson, at Meadowbank, Uddingston, Lanarkshire. Following Dawson’s death, worked as a landscape gardener in Glasgow and Manchester. Founding member of the Manchester and North of England Orchid Society. Editor of the Northern Gardener.
Source
R. Desmond 1994, Orchid Review 7 (1899): 198, Post Office Glasgow directory 1863–4.
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.
Post Office Glasgow directory: The Glasgow Post-office directory … a street directory and an appendix. Glasgow: Post Office. 1839. Post Office Glasgow directory … with an appendix containing general and local information. Glasgow: Post Office; William Mackenzie. 1863–1900.
