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Morgan "Bill" Evans (1910-2002) was an American horticulturalist who worked for the Walt Disney Company. He landscaped much of Disneyland and created the Jungle Cruise's contained jungle in both Disneyland and the Magic Kingdom which Bill himself described as, “-the best darn jungle this side of Costa Rica”. Bill also created scientific latin-names for fictional plants such as with the Disneyoendron trees. Evans later worked on assisting with park projects such as Disney's Animal Kingdom and Disney's Polynesian Village Resort.

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  • One of Bill Evans' techniques for creating a convincing jungle was planting orange trees upside down as to highlight their vines and exposed roots.[6]
  • Bill's Main Street window reads, " Evans Gardens, Exotic & Rare Species, Freeway Collections, Est. 1910, Morgan (Bill) Evans, Senior Partner".[7]

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