Meanings of amateur botanist in English

Mabey is a professional writer and has never been other than an amateur botanist.

This gentleman, an amateur botanist, happened to see a tulip-root lying in the conservatory of a wealthy Dutchman.

Mrs. Boxall said, The professor is an amateur botanist of considerable ability, and the child has been trained by him to take punctilious notes.

John Lyon, an amateur botanist, spent two hard and dangerous years collecting specimens, but cleared almost $200,000 in today's money for his efforts.

The wealthy banker, Cliffort, first among amateur botanists of his day, invited Linnæus to visit him at his country-houseat Hartecamp.

"As undersecretary of agriculture, I'm sure you might guess that an amateur botanist has little sway with me."

It is symbolic of this our College, for, as our amateur botanists tell us, the sunflower is not a flower, but a congregation of them.