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Today the Memorial Day of Ooty Botanical Garden Founder MC Ivor

William Graham McIvor (1824-8 June 1876) was a Scottish gardener and superintendent of the Neilgherry Cinchona plantations in Ooty, India who was responsible for the successful launching of cinchona plants in the Nilgiris in the 1860s.

He established the Botanical Garden at Ootacamund and served there until his death.He built a park at Charingcross in Ooty.He planted various plants, trees and herbal plants in this park.Some of the plants also imported from foreign countries.Today also these foreign plants are decorating the botanical garden.

Mc.Ivor died at an age of 51.His body interred near Stephen's Church Complex. The momentum also placed at this place.The Government Botanical Garden, which earns several crores of rupees to the Tamilnadu Government.Yearly the botanical garden administration pay tribute to his grave on his memorial day(08th June).