medicinal plants including Dr Moodeen Sheriff of Madras, Kanny Lall Dey of Calcutta and Dr Udoy Chand Dutt of Serampore. Volume I. which included: Part I. Gums and Resins. Part II. Dyes, Tans, and Mordants. Part III. Fibers and Fibre-yielding plants. Part IV. Oils and Oil seeds, Perfumery, and Soaps. Index. Part V. Medicinal Products Part VI. Foods, Food-stuffs, and Fodders Part VII. Timbers This was developed further into Watt's Dictionary of the Economic Products of India published from 1889 to 1893 and projected to be in six volumes but it grew larger and the additions were accommodated by breaking up the last volume into four parts. It is considered by many as the greatest compilation of the commercial plants (and natural products) of India. Although there were similar subsequent works like the Wealth of India series, Watt's work continues to be a major source for research. Watt's compilation included descriptions of other natural products such as silk, oysters and minerals. Volume I. Abaca to Buxus (1889) Volume II. Cabbage to Cyperus (1890) Volume III. Dacrydium to Gordonia (1890) Volume IV. Gossypium to Linociera (1890) Volume V. Linum to Oyster (1891) Volume VI. Part 1. Pachyrhizus to Rye (1892) Volume VI. Part 2. Sabadilla to Silica (1893) Volume VI. Part 3. Silk to Tea (1893) Volume VI. Part 4. Tectona to Zygophillum and Index (1893) Watt's assistant I.H. Burkill, who moved to the Straits Settlement published A dictionary of the economic products of the Malay Peninsula in two volumes in 1935. It was broadly modelled on the lines of Watt's work. Watt made a study of tea cultivation in Assam and Kangra and published a report of the pests and diseases affecting it in 1898. Awards and honours Watt won the Daniel Hanbury Gold medal in 1901, and was knighted in the 1903 Durbar Honours. He was also an Officier d'Academe; Corresponding Member of the Royal Horticultural Society: Fellow of the Royal Society, Haarlem; and President of the Richmond Athenæum, 1907. A rhododendron (Rhododendron wattii) was named after him by Cowan and an iris (Iris wattii) was named after him by Joseph Dalton Hooker. Eranthemum wattii (originally Daedalacanthus wattii) was described and named after him by R. H. Beddome. Other plants named after him include Clematis wattii and Primula wattii. References External links TAA Scottish Branch Meeting at CTVM Tree Rhododendrons Sir George Watt (1851-1930) 1851 births 1930 deaths Scottish