Local History Group

Wednesday 27 April, 2.00pm in Southfields, Duns. Anne McNeill talks about Robert Fortune, the famous Berwickshire plant hunter/ botanist who was largely responsible for introducing tea cultivation to India from China and who brought over 250 varieties of plants to Britain, America and Australia.

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