Jack Heslop-Harrison
Director of The Royal Botanic Gardens
February 10, 1920
Happy birthday to British botanist and former Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Jack Heslop-Harrison.
He was the first Director to resign from the position since its creation in 1822.
In 1957, Jack wrote an article on the hybridization of the common spotted orchid. Today, at Kew, there is a marker for the spotted orchid (or the marsh orchid), Dactylorhiza X braunii ("DACK-tie-lo-RYE-zah Brawn-ee-eye); Jack's favorite flower.
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Jack Heslop-Harrison
