Lieutenant Slava ibn Abdallah was the senior botanist aboard the USS Enterprise-D in 2370, and maintained the ship's arboretum as a hobby. During the Heran Crisis, Commander Geordi La Forge sought out his help in obtaining a dozen long-stemmed roses after in order to make amends to a visiting scientist, Doctor Astrid Kemal, after upsetting her. (TNG novel: Infiltrator)