he planted rubber seeds and grew seven trees at the gardens at Kuala Kangsar. Low created a model rubber plantation in Malaya although this is sometimes mis-attributed to Henry Ridley who continued the work after a decade. Low also collected specimens of plants and butterflies from the region. On 1 August 1885, Sir Hugh Low married Ann Penelope Harriet Douglas, daughter of General Sir Robert Percy Douglas, 4th Baronet and Anne Duckworth. Retirement Sir Hugh Low retired from his post as Resident of Perak in 1889, leaving a credit balance of 1.5 million Straits dollars. Low died on 18 April 1905 in Alassio, Italy. Honours : Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) (1879) Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) - Sir (1883) Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) - Sir (1889) Several species are named to commemorate his work as collector, naturalist and orchidologist: Plants Rhododendron lowii, Rhododendron Nepenthes lowii, pitcher plant Vatica lowii Myristica lowiana Orchids Dimorphorchis lowii, Dimorphorchis (originally Vanda, then Arachnis) Dendrobium lowii, Dendrobium Paphiopedilum lowii, lady's slipper Plocoglottis lowii, Plocoglottis Malaxis lowii, Malaxis Phalaenopsis lowii Insects Sarothrocera lowii, a beetle Neorina lowii, a butterfly Papilio lowi, a butterfly Reptiles Calamaria lovii [sic], a snake [also attributed to his son] Mammals Ptilocercus lowii, pen-tailed treeshrew Sundasciurus lowii, Low's squirrel and places: Low's Peak, the highest peak of Southeast Asia, on Mount Kinabalu, Borneo Low's Gully Hugh Low Street, at Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia. The street name has changed to Jalan Sultan Iskandar, but locals still call it Hugh Low Street. It was once a busy two-way street, but since the name change and turning into a one-way street, the street has lost its glamour. There was once an arch; this was removed in 1986 when Hugh Low Street turned into one-way street. External links Hugh Low Hugh Low's work on orchids Books by Hugh Low Sarawak, Its Inhabitants and Productions: Being Notes During a Residence in that Country with His Excellency Mr. Brooke By Hugh Low (1848) A Botanist in Borneo: Hugh Low's Sarawak Journals, 1844-1846 By Hugh Low, Bob Reece, Phillip Cribb Contributor Bob Reece, Phillip Cribb Published by Natural History Publications (Borneo), 2002; , Sĕlĕsǐlah (book of the Descent) of the Rajas of Brunei By Hugh Low Published by [s.n.], 1880 The Journal of Sir Hugh Low; Perak,