November 6, 2020 Bernard de Jussieu, Alice Lounsberry, Alfred Austin, American Gardens by Monty Don and Derry Moore, and Frank Kingdon Ward
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Botanical History On This Day
1777 Bernard Jussieu, the French naturalist who created the first natural classification system for flowering plants and tended a cherished Cedar of Lebanon seedling with his own drinking water, died.
1868 Alice Lounsberry, the American botanist and garden writer who partnered with the Australian illustrator Ellis Rowan to create beloved wildflower guides, was born.
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1885 Frank Kingdon Ward, the British plant explorer who discovered the legendary Tibetan Blue Poppy and brought “a little bit of the enchantment of Asia” home to Western gardens, was born.
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