Edward Edgar Pescott (11 December 1872 – 31 July 1954) was an Australian naturalist. He was Principal Governor of the Burnley School of Horticulture from 1909 to 1916, and Government

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for the Victorian Department of Agriculture from 1917 to 1937. He was a Fellow of the

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In the early 1920s Pescott became widely known through weekly radio broadcasts.

Books

* ''Native Flowers of Victoria'' 1914, * ''The Dahlia in Australia'' 1920 * ''Bulb Growing in Australia'' 1926 * ''Gardening in Australia'' 1926 * ''Rose Growing in Australia'' 1928 * ''Wild Flowers of Australia'' 1929 * ''New Way Gardening'' 1933

External links

Entry from Australian Dictionary of Biography

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pescott, Edward Edgar 1872 births 1954 deaths Botanists active in Australia Australian horticulturists People from Geelong Australian naturalists Fellows of the Linnean Society of London