After Darwin and Wallace plagiarised his work, Matthew was also listed as a noted botanist in the 1881 Jackson's Guide to the Literature of Botany (here) and again (noting that "Jacks" reference) as a noted botanist here on page 116 of than 1898 Biographical Index of British and Irish Botanists, in which the authors of that guide write in its preface that they excluded inclusion of obscure or trivial writers on the topic).
In order to get away with plagiarising Matthew's prior published theory of evolution by natural slection, the proven serial liar and plagiarist Charles Darwin, however, slyly portrayed Matthew as an obscure Scottish writer on forest trees. Despite the ridiculous myth perpetuated by cult-like credulous Darwin worshipers, the reality is that Matthew enjoyed an international reputation as a noted botanist and expert on the topic of hybridizing and cultivating fruit trees.
