of Science in 1899. He died of a seizure at San Remo on 12 February 1909. He is buried in the cemetery in San Remo but is memorialised on the grave of his wife in St Machar's Cathedral in Old Aberdeen. Botanical reference Species described by him include the climbing fig Ficus pantoniana from New Guinea and northern Australia. Honours and memorials King took an interest in the Asiatic Society of Bengal, was sometime president of the Agricultural and Horticultural Society of India. He also encouraged research among his friends. David Douglas Cunningham and Arthur Barclay helped him on matters of plant pathology. He received a degree of LL.D. in 1884 and was elected to the Royal Society in 1887. As a landscape gardener, he was recognised by the Royal Horticultural Society and awarded the Victoria Medal of Honour in 1901. He was awarded the Linnean Medal in 1901. For his work on making quinine and distributing it inexpensively he was made an honorary member of the Pharmaceutical Society and given a ring of honour by Czar Alexander III. On 1 January 1890 he was invested as a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire. In 1898 he was created K.C.I.E. A memorial was built at San Remo, where he visited every winter from 1898 until his death. There is a memorial plaque to him and his wife in St Machar's Cathedral, Old Aberdeen. References External links The materia medica of the Hindus /by Uday Chand Dutt ; with a glossary of Indian plants by George King. (1922) A Manual of Cinchona Cultivation in India (1880) Orchids of the Sikkim-Himalaya Part 1-2 Part 3-4 1840 births 1909 deaths People from Peterhead Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire Victoria Medal of Honour recipients Linnean Medallists Fellows of the Linnean Society of London Fellows of the Royal Society Botanists with author abbreviations