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John Horne (1835-1905) was the Director of the Botanical Gardens in Mauritius.
Life
John Horne was borne in Lethendy, Perthshire, Scotland in 1835.
He worked at Kew in 1859-1860 and at the Botanic Gardens Mauritius 1861-1891(Director from 1877).
He collected plants in Mauritius and the Seychelles.
In 1876, he spent a year collecting plants in Fiji.
He died in Jersey in the Channel Islands in 1905.
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