November 10, 2020 Robert Morison, Dean O’Banion, Henry Luke Bolley, Henry Van Dyke, The Private World of Tasha Tudor by Tasha Tudor, and Split Pea Soup
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Botanical History On This Day
1683 Robert Morison, the Scottish botanist who advanced plant classification by focusing on fruits and seeds, died after reshaping botanical order from Blois to Oxford.
1924 Dean O’Banion, Chicago’s “mobster florist,” was assassinated in his River North flower shop while working with chrysanthemums—an episode that birthed the grim “Chicago Handshake.”
1956 Henry Luke Bolley, tireless American botanist and plant pathologist—“Savior of the Flax Crop” and pioneer against smut, rust, and wilt—died after a career that transformed Midwestern agriculture.
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Today's Botanic Spark
1969 The second week of November was designated National Split Pea Soup Week—a cozy tribute to a humble pantry staple (and a perfect excuse to simmer a pot with garden carrots).
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