1841
Charles Joseph Braine comes to Hong Kong for commerce.
1842 John Charles Bowring comes to Hong Kong for commerce.
1845 Merchant Thomas Chay Beale transports plants from Macao’s garden to Green Bank, established by Braine.
1850 Braine commissions a pith paper drawing of the paper’s production process, which is later sent to Kew.
1852 William Jackson Hooker, director of Kew, publishes an article, officially naming Pith Paper Plant as Aralia ? papyrifera.Bowring successfully sends two live Pith Paper Plants to Kew.
1861 Demolition of Green Bank. The budget for the Hong Kong government to build a botanical garden is approved.
