Alexander Wallace (1829 – 7 October 1899) was an English physician, botanist, and entomologist. Born in London, Wallace earned at Trinity College, Oxford an MA in 1858 and an MD in 1861. He played

first-class cricket First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is one of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officiall ...

there for the university club. He worked as an agent for new introductions of lilies and orchids. His company "The New Plant and Bulb Company" supplied lilies to

Gertrude Jekyll Gertrude Jekyll ( ; 29 November 1843 – 8 December 1932) was a British horticulturist, garden designer, craftswoman, photographer, writer and artist. She created over 400 gardens in the United Kingdom, Europe and the United States, and wrote ...

. The second edition of his boo
''Notes on lilies and their culture''
was published in 1879 after a first edition in 1873. For two of his essays he won prizes from the Entomological Society of London in 1865–1866 and was a member of several learned societies.

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Botanists with author abbreviations British botanists People educated at Winchester College Alumni of Trinity College, Oxford 1829 births 1899 deaths Oxford University cricketers Cricketers from London {{England-med-bio-stub