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Agnes McDouall
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Agnes McDouall (née Buchan-Hepburn; 27 September 1838 - 15 March 1926) was a Scottish botanist and plant collector, the daughter of Helen Little, and Sir Thomas Buchan-Hepburn. She is credited with propagating an eminent collection of rare and exotic plants in Logan, Scotland which her sons Kenneth McDouall and Douglas McDouall today is Logan Botanic Garden, a regional Garden of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.

Early Life
Agnes was born in East Linden, 27 September 1838 to Helen Little, and Sir Thomas Buchan-Hepburn, the second of five children. Her family were well connected amongst other prominent Scottish plant hunters such as David Douglas and Robert Fortune, who worked with her father to expand woodlands and plant new conifers.