John Frederick Bailey
John Frederick Bailey was a botanist and horticulturist active in Australia in the late 19th and early 20th century.
Bailey became Director of the Botanic Gardens of Brisbane in 1905. He succeeded his father, Frederick Manson Bailey, as state botanist of Queensland for 18 months in 1915–1916. He was subsequently the Director of the Botanic Gardens of Adelaide from 1917 to 1932.Memberships
- Royal Society of Queensland, Secretary from 1893 to 1905, President in 1909
- Horticultural Society
Publications
- 1896: Report on the timber trees of Herberton District, North Quensland. 15 pages.
- 1906: A Selection of Flowering Climbers. 15 pages.
- 1910: Introduction of economic plants into Queensland. 102 pages.
Literature
- Adelaide Botanic Garden, Centenary Volume 1855-1955
- Votes and Proceedings, 1906, 2, 146,, 1918, 3
- R. H. Pulleine, 'The botanical colonisation of the Adelaide plains', Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, 35
- C. T. White, 'The Bailey family and its place in the botanical history of Australia', JRHSQ, 3
- Observer, 30 June 1923, 18 Apr 1925
- Australian botanists biographical files.
