Born in the village of Scone in Scotland, he was sent by the Royal Horticultural Society to gather undiscovered plants from the Pacific Northwest.
Born in the village of Scone in Scotland, he was sent by the Royal Horticultural Society to gather undiscovered plants from the Pacific Northwest. This explorer succeeded wildly, introducing into cultivation many tree species, including the Sitka Spruce, Ponderosa Pine, and Noble Fir. A second expedition in 1833  took him from Fort Vancouver to Fort St James in the BC interior, but the rough waters around Fort George Canyon claimed all his specimens. FTP, name this botanist with 80 species named after him, including a very large evergreen that is not a true fir.
Born in the village of Scone in Scotland, he was sent by the Royal Horticultural Society to gather undiscovered plants from the Pacific Northwest.
David Douglas