December 4, 2020 David Domoney’s Fencing Guide, Andre Michaux, Theodore Vogel, John Tyndall, Arthur St. John Adcock, The Family Garden Plan by Melissa K. Norris, and Edna Walling
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Botanical History On This Day
1788 André Michaux crosses the Tugalo River and notes yellowroot, rhododendron, mountain laurel, hydrangea, and hemlock—his first sighting of Rhododendron minus, a plant perfectly suited to Southern gardens.
1841 Botanist Theodor Vogel falls ill with dysentery during the Niger expedition and laments trying to preserve plant collections on a damp man-of-war without Wardian cases—an early plea for better support for field naturalists.
1893 Physicist John Tyndall dies; remembered for explaining why the sky is blue (Tyndall scattering) and for key work linking atmospheric gases and heat—science every gardener admires under a brilliant blue sky.
1903 Edwin C. Jellett’s final Germantown column appears, blending local history with botany and closing with seasonal plant lists—now digitized thanks to Awbury Arboretum.
Unearthed Words
“The way that leads to winter / Will lead to summer too …”
— Arthur St. John Adcock, The Travellers
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Today’s Botanic Spark
1896 Edna Walling is born—Australia’s beloved garden designer and native-plant advocate who taught that “Nature is our greatest teacher” and that gardens should be just a bit bigger than we can control.
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