Comments
from Mr. PGC: Throughout
history, many people have made lasting contributions to the
world of plants. In these pages, we hope to pay tribute to
some of them. Our concentration will be primarily on those
who have introduced plants to the gardening world, those who
have helped spread the word about gardening and those who
have made significant contributions to landscaping and
landscaping design around the world.
This list will be constantly growing as we add
new names. If you have someone who you think should be on
the list, please send us an
Email.
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 Sir Thomas was a wealthy Quaker and for 20 years a silk
merchant in
China. In 1867 he bought the Palazzo Orengo on the
Italian Riviera around which, with his eminent botanist brother
Daniel, he created the celebrated garden of La Mortola. On the
death of G.F.Wilson in 1902, he bought his Oakwood Experimental
Garden at Wisley and the
following year presented it in trust to the Royal Horticultural
Society.
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 French
city planner in charge of the massive alteration to the layout
of the
City of Paris instituted by Napoleon III in the mid-1800's.
He was responsible for the enhancement of monuments, open spaces
and vistas in the City. The Place de l'Opéra, the Étoile, and
the Place de la Nation were created under his guidance.The
Bois de Boulogne and a number of
smaller parks were completed then also.
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British nurseryman, founder of the
Hillier Arboretum,
originator of dozens of superior ornamental cultivars, author of
the well known Hillier's Manual, and one of the 20th centuries
leading experts on woody plants.
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Born in Dundee, Scotland, spent his childhood in County Derry,
Ireland, Augustine Henry served in the Chinese Imperial Maritime
Customs. He collected for Kew for nearly twenty years. He sent
over 15,000 dried specimens to
Kew Gardens, of which about 500 were new species. After having
studied forestry in France, in collaboration with Henry John Elwes
he wrote his great book in 7 volumes, Trees of Great Britain
and Ireland. He is associated (with A. C. Forbes) with
plantings at Avondale Forest Park, Co Wicklow. Lilium henryi,
Cypripedium henryi and Emmenopterys henryi are named
after him.
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MP, poet, classicist then rector of Spofforth and Dean of the
Collegiate Church of Manchester, William Herbert cultivated
bulbous plants and experimented in hybridization. His name is
commemorated in the genus Herbertia.
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 Garden
writer, lecturer and designer, Penelope Hobhouse is the author
of several popular gardening books. She has designed gardens
across Europe and in the United States. For a number of years,
she was in charge of the National Trust Gardens at Tintinhull
House in Somerset. Her books include 'color
in Your Garden',
'Plants in Garden History', 'Penelope Hobhouse on Gardening',
'Penelope Hobhouse’s Garden Designs', and 'Penelope Hobhouse’s
Natural Planting'.
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Son of Sir William, who he succeeded as Director of
Kew Gardens. Sir Joseph
Hooker returned from the Himalayas in 1850 with the magnificent
Sikkim rhododendrons. He introduced the Himalayan birch and
reported amongst other trees, the biggest of all magnolias,
Magnolia Campbellii.
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One of the worlds great botanists, became the first Director of
Kew Gardens. Published part
one of his Handbook of the New Zeeland Flora in 1864 and
part two in 1868.
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