John Frederick Bailey (5 August 1866 – 19 May 1938) was a botanist and horticulturist active in Australia in the late 19th and early 20th century. Bailey became Director of the Botanic Gardens of

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in 1905. He succeeded his father,

Frederick Manson Bailey Frederick Manson Bailey (8 March 1827 – 25 June 1915) was a botanist active in Australia, who made valuable contributions to the characterisation of the flora of Queensland. He was known by his middle name, Manson. Early life Bailey was bo ...

, as state botanist of

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for 18 months in 1915–1916. He was subsequently the Director of the Botanic Gardens of Adelaide from 1917 to 1932, where an earlier attempt to establish a botanic garden had been made in 1839 by his grandfather, John Bailey, South Australia's first Colonial Botanist.

Memberships

* '' Royal Society of Queensland'', Secretary from 1893 to 1905, President in 1909 * ''Horticultural Society''

Publications

* 1896: ''Report on the timber trees of Herberton District, North Queensland''. 15 pages. * 1906: ''A Selection of Flowering Climbers''. 15 pages. * 1910: ''Introduction of economic plants into Queensland''. 102 pages.

Literature

* Adelaide Botanic Garden, Centenary Volume 1855-1955 (Adel, 1955) * Votes and Proceedings (Legislative Assembly, Queensland), 1906, 2, 146, (South Australia), 1918, 3 (89) * R. H. Pulleine, 'The botanical colonisation of the Adelaide plains', Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (South Australian Branch), 35 (1935) * C. T. White, 'The Bailey family and its place in the botanical history of Australia', JRHSQ, 3 (1936–47) * Observer (Adelaide), 30 June 1923, 18 Apr 1925 * Australian botanists biographical files (Australian Academy of Science Library).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bailey, John Frederick 1866 births 1938 deaths 20th-century Australian botanists Scientists from Adelaide Public servants of South Australia 19th-century Australian botanists