John Scott FLS (5 April 1836–11 June 1880) was a

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and gardener. Born at Denholm, he was the gardener at

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, Derbyshire, seat of the Dukes of Devonshire, before becoming foreman of the

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, in 1859. He emigrated to India in 1864, with the

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of Charles Darwin, becoming curator of the Calcutta Botanic Garden in 1865. While in India he carried out numerous botanical experiments and observations on behalf of Darwin. He was elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society in 1873 and died at Garvald, East Lothian.

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