James McGibbon
1821–86
Scottish-born gardener. Gardener at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 1848. Superintendent of the Botanic Garden, Cape Town, from circa 1850.
Sources
Cape of Good Hope general directory 1881
R. Desmond 1994
Global Plants (https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.person.bm000066862, accessed 12 October 2018)
Scotland old parish registers births 689/ 160 69 Inveresk and Musselburgh (Scotlandspeople.gov.uk, accessed 12 October 2018)
Bibliography
Cape of Good Hope general directory: The Cape of Good Hope commercial directory and general business guide. General directory and guide-book to the Cape of Good Hope and its dependencies. Cape Town, South Africa: Saul Solomon & Co. 1868–87.
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.
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