July 14, 2020 Ideas for a Summer Garden Party, Edwin James, Bastille Day, Rudolph Boysen, John T. White, Rachel Carson, The Butterfly’s Ball and The Grasshopper’s Feast, A Tapestry Garden By Marietta and Ernie O’Bryne, And William Vyvyan’s Night-Blooming Cereus
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Botanical History On This Day
1820 Edwin James, the botanist who made the first ascent of Pikes Peak and discovered the Colorado Blue Columbine, completed his historic climb.
1918 Bastille Day in Paris was celebrated under clear skies, fragrant with strawberries and filled with French planes overhead.
1950 Rudolph Boysen, creator of the Boysenberry, died—never earning a penny from the berry that made Knott’s Berry Farm famous.
1978 John T. White’s Country Diary captured a stormy July day over Dungeness, rich with terns, shingle ridges, and summer flora.
1946 Rachel Carson Arrives in Maine, falling instantly in love with the place that would inspire The Sea Around Us and ultimately Silent Spring.
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A whimsical invitation to the revels of insects in a charming natural fête.
The Butterfly’s Ball and the Grasshopper’s Feast by Robert Michael Ballantyne
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Today’s Botanic Spark
1933 Mrs. Vyvyan’s Night-Blooming Cereus drew crowds in Racine, Wisconsin, as four magnificent blossoms opened under the stars—Queen of the Night indeed.
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