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William Mowbray

c. 1792–1832

Gardener to the earl of Mountnorris at Arley Hall, near Bewdley, Worcestershire, for eleven years before becoming curator of the Manchester Botanical and Horticultural Garden.

Source

R. Desmond 1994, Horticultural Register (1832): 670, Mowbray 1822.

Bibliography

Desmond, Ray. 1994. Dictionary of British and Irish botanists and horticulturists including plant collectors, flower painters and garden designers. New edition, revised with the assistance of Christine Ellwood. London: Taylor & Francis and the Natural History Museum. Bristol, Pa.: Taylor & Francis.

Mowbray, William. 1822. [Letter to the secretary of the Horticultural Society of London, 30 November 1822.] Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London 5 (1824): 274–5.

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