Career

 

Scott, J.

 

(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors)

 

Born: ? 1838. Died: 1880.

 

career:

Curator of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Calcutta, is credited in books with collecting in Penang; but probably what he did was to cultivate plants brought to Calcutta from Penang by others (cf. Burkill in Gard. Bull. Str. Settlem. 4, 1927, nos 4-5).