December 2, 2020 Rain Garden Design, Johann Julius Hecker, Nicholas Alexander Dalzell, James Edward Smith, James M. Barrie, Small Space Garden Ideas by Philippa Pearson, and Oliver Herford
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Botanical History On This Day
1707 Johann Julius Hecker — German educator and theologian — revolutionized learning by combining practical education with horticulture. His “seed-bed of the state” schools featured gardens where students cultivated vegetables, herbs, fruit trees, and mulberries for silkworms, linking botany to livelihood and civic good.
1858 Nicholas Alexander Dalzell — Scottish botanist — sent plant specimens and the aphrodisiac “black root” (Calla aromatica) to William Hooker before departing Karachi. A forest conservation pioneer, Dalzell warned that deforestation reduced rainfall long before climate science confirmed it.
1759 James Edward Smith — founder of the Linnean Society — bought Carl Linnaeus’s entire collection from his widow, beating the King of Sweden to the deal. The acquisition created the world’s first biological society and ensured Linnaeus’s legacy lived on in London. Smith later tutored Queen Charlotte and her daughters in botany.
Unearthed Words
“God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December.”
— James Matthew Barrie, creator of Peter Pan
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1860 Oliver Herford — witty writer and illustrator — was born. Known for clever aphorisms (“A rolling stone gathers no moss, but it gains a certain polish”) and tender garden imagery, he wrote of “Pussy Willows” as angel kittens and reminded us, “We are nearer to Spring than we were in September.”
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