Sir George Watt (1851-1930) was a professor of botany, reporter and editor.
His 'Dictionary of the Commercial Products of India' (1889-90) in ten volumes is perhaps the greatest compilation of commercial plants in India ever achieved, in terms of the range and depth. The compilation includes description of non-agricultural plants.
Books
1. B Watt, Sir George. Dictionary of the Commercial Products of India, 1889-1890, 10 volumes, Calcutta and London.
External links
TAA Scottish Branch Meeting at CTVM (http://www.taa.org.uk/TAAScotland/TAAPAPE.htm/)
Tree Rhododendrons (http://users.gsat.net.au/wildog/rhodotree.html/)
In 1788 Sir Joseph Banks, at the request of the directors, drew up a memoir on the cultivation of economic plants in Bengal, in which he gave special prominence to tea, pointing out the regions most favourable for its cultivation.
In 1843, however, Mr Robert Fortune found that, although the two varieties of the plant existed in different parts of China, fl and green tea were produced from the leaves of the same plant by varying the manufacturing processes.
SirGeorgeWatt (Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society, vol.
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