Plaque Wording: (on ground stone) Archibald Menzies, notable Scottish plant collector. Inscription on the headstone of 1842. Many years a surgeon in the Royal Navy, in which Station he served in the fleet commanded by Admiral Rodney on the 12th of April 1782. He afterwards twice circumnavigated the Globe, first with Captain Colnett, and again in the voyage of discovery under the orders of Captain Vancouver as the Naturalist of that expedition. He added greatly to the knowledge then possessed of the natural productions, especially the plants of the various countries visited. After practising his profession for many years in London, he retired to Notting Hill where he died on the 15th February 1842 aged 88 years. Sincerely respected and deeply regretted by his numerous friends