Tweets for the 142nd

Anniversary of George Forrest’s birth.

The Scottish Rock @ScottishRockGC

Celebrate #Botanist_Forrest medal for best in show Kendal SRGC / AGS Show tomorrow at Kirkbie

Kendal School, LA9 7EQ.

The Scottish Rock @ScottishRockGC

#Botanist_Forrest is important

to @ScottishRockGC for many

reasons - not least the fact our

"Best in Show"plants win the

Forrest Medal

The Scottish

Rock @ScottishRockGC now

Next chance to win #Botanist_Forrestmedal for best plant in show Kendal SRGC / AGS Show tomorrow

at Kirkbie Kendal School, LA9 7EQ. Enjoy

The Scottish Rock @ScottishRockGC

#Botanist_Forrest is important to @ScottishRockGC for many reasons -read lots here

http://files.srgc.net/journals/vol_1%20to_113/52.pdf … George Forrest rules!

The Scottish Rock @ScottishRockGC ·

@fossilplants @CardiffCurator #Botanist_Forrest vital to @ScottishRockGC - read about his SRGC

connections here http://files.srgc.net/journals/vol_1%20to_113/52.pdf …

Fiona Inches (RBGE) @FFinches

Candles of Emmenopterys henryi for the birthday boy #Botanist_Forrest collected in 1925

@TheBotanics #rbgehort

Emmenopterys henryi

NTCS @ntcs_info

Happy Birthday #Botanist_Forrest @thebotanics collector who introduced many great trees like Abies

forrestii

RBGE_Plant_Records @RBGE_Plant_Rec

Acer davidii from side valleys of the Chien Chuan Mekong divide.

http://data.rbge.org.uk/living/19230015 Growing @TheBotanics since 1923 #Botanist_Forrest

RBGE @TheBotanics

What was the #Botanist_Forrest like? Read an article by @TheBotanics volunteer Pauline Maclean on

him and his letters http://go.shr.lc/1EaGt0P

David Knott @DKnott8

George Forrest's birthday today Rhododendron forrestii @TheBotanics#rbgehort #Botanist_Forrest

http://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/14188

Rhododendron forrestii

Photos relating to GF tweets

Cardiff Curator @CardiffCurator

Collector George Forrest was born 142 years ago today. He brought Roscoea humeana from China to UK

#Botanist_Forrest

RBGE @TheBotanics

Happy Birthday George Forrest, renowned plant hunter born 1873. Read his remarkable story >

http://go.shr.lc/1HJ1zXM #Botanist_Forrest

RBGE @TheBotanics

Rare footage taken by George Forrest during a visit to China in the 1930s:

http://youtu.be/Q7bKnaX4tew #Botanist_Forrest

Ian Edwards @idedwards

#RedNoseDay meets #Botanist_Forrest day @TheBotanics

Elspeth Haston @emhaston

George Forrest named a new Rhododendron after his wife, Clementina, collected in August 1913.

#Botanist_Forrest

Peter Moonlight @PeterMoonlight

@TheBotanics Here is the link to the paper from (Plant Systematics and Evolution 285)

#Botanist_Forrest http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00606-010-0269-2

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00606-010-0269-2

Matthew Biggs

Peter Moonlight @PeterMoonlight

Is #Botanist_Forrest relevant? Yes! His 1913 collection of Rhododendron vernicosum @thebotanics was

sequenced for a 2010 phylogenetics paper

Alan Elliott @alan_elliott 10h10 hours ago

#Botanist_Forrest and R.E. Cooper were both collectors for A.K. Bulley of @Ness_Gardens

Primula florindae

Cameron Tasker @cam_95

Buds on Rhododendron dendricola collected by George Forrest @TheBotanics #Botanist_Forrest

#rbgehort

Fossil Plants @fossilplants

Happy Birthday George Forrest! Thank you so much for bringing me Beesia!

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/gardening-blog/2014/may/01/beesia-calthifolia …

#Botanist_Forrest

Beesia – a tale of four plant hunters

Discovered, lost, and rediscovered by modern plant hunters, Beesia is a plant worth noticing, writes Robbie Blackhall-Miles

Alan Elliott @alan_elliott

#Botanist_Forrest's Meconopsis. Type of Meconopsis forrestii collected in Yunnan 1906

http://data.rbge.org.uk/herb/E00062106

Elspeth Haston @emhaston

Happy Birthday, George Forrest! See over 9,000 Forrest specimens in @TheBotanics Herbarium.

http://tinyurl.com/nudrgy8 . #Botanist_Forrest

Alan Elliott @alan_elliott

George Forrest's 142nd Birthday today #Botanist_Forrest. Here's the Type of Clematis forrestii

http://data.rbge.org.uk/herb/E00346537

Fiona Inches (RBGE) @FFinches

Sun shining on the red petioles of Saurauia subspinosa collected by #Botanist_Forrest

@TheBotanics #rbgehort

Kew Gardens DC Team @KewDC

On this, the 142nd birthday of George Forrest, browse the letters he wrote to Kew

http://ow.ly/KexH7 #Botanist_Forrest @TheBotanics

Fiona Inches (RBGE) @FFinches

Happy birthday to George Forrest (1873-1932) - http://go.shr.lc/1HJ1zXM @TheBotanics

#Botanist_Forrest

rogerhyam @rogerhyam

Good to see George getting into the spirit #Botanist_Forrest @TheBotanics on #rednoseday

Kew Gardens DC Team @KewDC

Today @TheBotanics are celebrating the anniversary of George Forrest. Find out about him here

http://ow.ly/KewL0 #Botanist_Forrest

Botanic Cottage @BotanicCottage

Like history? Love great characters? Passionate about plants? Well, today is #Botanist_Forrest day! Find

out more... http://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/tag/george-forrest …

Lorna Mitchell @law_mitchell

Happy 142nd birthday George Forrest, plant collector extraordinaire @TheBotanics. Find out more

at http://stories.rbge.org.uk/ #Botanist_Forrest

Peter Moonlight @PeterMoonlight

It's #Botanist_Forrest 's birthday! Here's Begonia forrestii collected by & named after him

@thebotanics herbarium.

Leonie Paterson @leonie_paterson

A selfie with my favourite #shelfie! the George #Botanist_Forrest collection @TheBotanics

Leonie Paterson @leonie_paterson

For #WomensDay, an image of George #Botanist_Forrest's female plant collectors in Dali,

Yunnan, China, 1906.

Kew Gardens DC Team @KewDC

Today @TheBotanics are celebrating the anniversary of George Forrest. Find out about him here

http://ow.ly/KewL0 #Botanist_Forrest

Robyn Drinkwater @RobynDrinkwater

Finidng minimally databased Forrest specimens http://stories.rbge.info/archives/14092 … @TheBotanics",

#Botanist_Forrest

Caerhays Estate @CaerhaysGardens

We are very proud of our historical links with the great George Forrest. #Botanist_Forrest Read more:

http://www.caerhays.co.uk/page.cfm?page=the_gardens …