Euan Hillhouse Methven Cox

Euan Hillhouse Methven Cox (1893–1977) was a Scottish plant collector, botanist, and horticulturist, who accompanied Reginald Farrer on his last botanical expedition to Burma and its border with China, from 1919 to 1920. He was a very successful propagator of rhododendrons and had an extensive collection in his garden at Glendoick, Perthshire, Scotland, which formed in 1953 the basis of his commercial nursery, later run by his son, Peter A Cox, and grandson, Kenneth N.E. Cox. The enterprise introduced many dwarf hybrids, suitable for the Scottish climate. From 1929 to 1940 E. H. M. Cox was the editor of the magazine The New Flora and Silva.

The commercial nursery, with Britain’s largest selection of rhododendrons, developed a major tourist attraction consisting of an expansive garden centre, an award-winning café, and a series of woodland spaces filled with plants collected by or grown by the Cox family. In 2009 his book Scotland for Gardeners won the accolade Garden Media Guild Reference Book of the Year. 1927. The evolution of a garden. Volume 132 Home university library of modern knowledge. Ed. Williams & Norgate. 256 pp. 1926. Farrer's Last Journey: Upper Burma, 1919-20. London: Dulau & Co. 244 pp. 1924. Rhododendrons for amateurs. Ed. Country life Ltd. 111 pp.

Species named after him (Berberidaceae) Berberis coxii C.K.Schneid. (Cupressaceae) Juniperus coxii A.B.Jacks.