Augustine Henry
Augustine Henry (2 July 1857 – 23 March 1930) was a British-born Irish
plantsman and
sinologist. He is best known for sending over 15,000 dry
specimens and seeds and 500 plant samples to
Kew Gardens in the United Kingdom. By 1930, he was a recognised authority and was honoured with society membership in
Belgium,
Czechoslovakia,
Finland, France, and
Poland. In 1929 the Botanical Institute of Peking dedicated to him the second volume of ''Icones plantarum Sinicarum'', a collection of plant drawings. In 1935, ''John William Besant'' was to write: 'The wealth of beautiful trees and flowering shrubs which adorn gardens in all temperate parts of the world today is due in a great measure to the pioneer work of the late Professor Henry'.
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