Robert Brown
c. 1767–1845
Scottish nurseryman. Ran a nursery in Perth. Discovered Menziesia caerulea and other rare natives of the Scottish Highlands. Visited North America with James McNab, 1834.
Sources
Gardeners’ Chronicle (1867): 755–6
R. Desmond 1994.
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.
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