page_title: James Smith (Scottish botanist)
hierarchical_section_title: James Smith (Scottish botanist)
caption_attribution_description: English: Scottish botanist of the eighteenth and nineteenth century, contemporary of Sir Wm. Hooker and Sir Jas. E. Smith
context_page_description: James Smith of Monkwood Grove was a Scottish botanist and nurseryman. He founded the Monkwood Botanic Garden in Maybole Parish which included several thousand species of exotic and native British plants. A regular consultant of his more eminent contemporaries, he is credited with the discovery of Primula scotica and Salix caprea pendula.
context_section_description: James Smith (c. 1763 – 1 January 1848) of Monkwood Grove was a Scottish botanist and nurseryman. He founded the Monkwood Botanic Garden in Maybole Parish which included several thousand species of exotic and native British plants. A regular consultant of his more eminent contemporaries, he is credited with the discovery of Primula scotica and Salix caprea pendula.
caption: Portrait of James Smith, artist and date unknown
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