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Beginning The Golden Age of Botany The Wardian Age The 20th
Century George Forrest (1873 - 1932) George Forrest was a
remarkably productive plant collector and explorer, who made
seven major expeditions and introduced hundreds of species to
western cultivation, but we are denied his own accounting of how
this was done, as he never found the time to write his story
down. He had always said that he intended to save that task for
his retirement, but unfortunately, that was not to be. Born in
Falkirk, Scotland on March 13th 1873, George Forrest was
educated at Kilmarnock Academy and was later Apprenticed to a
local chemist, where he learned about the medicinal properties
and uses of many different plants, and also learned about the
drying and preserving of herbarium specimens. With a modest
inheritance he was able to seek adventure further afield, so he
headed for Australia at the height of the gol