Short Note A Gladiolus with links to St Andrews and Edinburgh

Abstract

the university of St andrews botanic garden was founded by dr john hardie Wilson (1858–1929) (fig. 1) in 1889. dr. hugh cleghorn, charles howie and his assistant, thomas berwick, were among those present. in the university of St andrews library archives there is a collection of Wilson’s photographs and records of the botanic garden over a ten-year period showing a wide diversity of plants laid out according to the bentham and hooker system of classification, with 828 species planted in 78 order beds.