November 4, 2020 Frederick Orpen Bower, the California Fan Palm, November Folklore, Dorothy Parker, Private Gardens of the Bay Area by Susan Lowry and Nancy Berner, and Henry David Thoreau
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Botanical History On This Day
1855 Frederick Orpen Bower, the English botanist and primitive plant expert who served as Regius Professor of Botany at the University of Glasgow and whose name graces the historic Bower Building, was born.
1984 The Arizona Fan Palm — or rather, the misnamed “California Fan Palm” — had its tangled origins revealed when researchers traced its 19th-century seeds from Arizona to Belgium via a globe-trotting botanist.
Unearthed Words
November brings its folklore and poetry — from weather wisdom to Dorothy Parker’s bittersweet verse.
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Today's Botanic Spark
1855 Henry David Thoreau observed the fading season in his journal — the yellowing larches, the half-closed dandelions, and the prophetic quiet of November woods.
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