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Information board, David Douglas Memorial, Scone, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Born in Scone, Douglas (1799-1834) was a Scottish botanist who undertook a plant-finding expedition in the Pacific Northwest of North America in 1824 on behalf of the Royal Horticultural Society. He introduced some 240 species to Britain, including the Douglas Fir that is named after him.