Macmillan, Hugh Fraser, 1869-1948 (botanist)
Dates
- Existence: 1869 - 1948
Biography
Hugh Fraser Macmillan was born on the 4th June 1869. He was a Kew gardener in 1893. By 1895 he was working at the Peradeniya Botanical Gardens, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). He was curator of the Peradeniya Botanical Gardens from 1895 to 1925. His photographs mainly consist of plant specimens and were used to illustrate his published work. Macmillan died on the 19th November 1948.
Publications:
Numerous works on tropical agriculture, including the standard:
Macmillan, H.F. (1910), 'A handbook of tropical gardening and planting with special reference to Ceylon'. Colombo, Ceylon : Cave.
Sources:
Ceylon Civil Service Lists.
Found in 52 Collections and/or Records:
Grove of nutmeg trees [Peradeniya Gardens], 1890 - 1920
110 x 153 mm.
Lacebark tree [Lagetta lintearia] West Indies, 1890 - 1920
94 x 130 mm.
Livistona jenkinsiana, Himalaya palm, 1890 - 1910
100 x 142 mm.
Livistonas [Himalaya palms], Peradeniya Gardens, 1890 - 1910
76 x 144 mm.
Lodoicea sechellarum, coco-de-mer Double coconut ‘Female tree’ First to fruit in India or Ceylon, 1910, 1910
105 x 147 mm.
Metroxylon sagu, sago palm, 1890 - 1910
99 x 148 mm.
Miconia magnifica, 1890 - 1899
100 x 135 mm.
Millingtonia hortensis, Indian cork tree, 1890 - 1899
95 x 120 mm.
Myristica, fragrans, nutmeg. Showing fruit, nutmeg and mace, 1890 - 1899
129 x 102 mm.
Oreodoxa oleracea, avenue of cabbage palms, P.G. [Peradeniya Gardens], 1890 - 1910
104 x 141 mm.
Pimenta citrifoilia, lemon-scented bay rum, 1890 - 1920
113 x 153 mm.
Pinanga patula [with] Hyphaene thebaica, Doum palm in background, 1890 - 1899
105 x 151 mm.
Piper nigrum, 1890 - 1899
99 x 131 mm.
Piper nigrum covering jak tree (Artocarpus integrifolia), 1890 - 1920
105 x 152 mm
Piper sylvestris, wild pepper, 1890 - 1899
112 x 104 mm, 2 copies.
Ptychosperma elegans, chrysalidocarpus lutescens, beautiful pot palms, 1890 - 1920
146 x 103 mm.
Raphia ruffia [R. pedeunculata] raffia bast, 1890 - 1899
99 x 132 mm
Ravenala madagascarensis, traveller’s tree of Madagascar, 1890 - 1899
95 x 141 mm.
Ravensara aromafica, Madagascar clove, 1890 - 1899
120 x 95 mm.
Rhapis flabelliformis, working stock palm, 1890 - 1910
109 x 152 mm.
Saraca indica [Asoka Tree of India], 1890 - 1899
94 x 135 mm.
Spathodea campanulata [fountain tree], striking flowering tree, 1890 - 1920
93 x 129 mm.
Tabebuia rosea, beautiful flowering tree, 1890 - 1899
92 x 128 mm.
Tapping para rubber trees 60 ft high, 1890 - 1920
110 x 152 mm.
Vanilla planifolia, vanilla, growing on forest tree, 1890 - 1920
107 x 150 mm
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