December 11, 2020 Brazil’s Deforestation Surges, Jacob Schneck, Henry David Thoreau, Victor Lemoine, Edgar Albert Guest, Growing Perennial Foods by Acadia Tucker and Krishna Chavda, and Fiorello LaGuardia
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Brazil's Amazon: Deforestation 'surges to 12-year high' | BBC News
Botanical History On This Day
1843 Jacob Schneck, the Illinois physician-botanist who discovered the Schneck Oak (Quercus schneckii), died after serving his patients through pneumonia—his life a blend of compassion, curiosity, and quiet heroism.
1855 Henry David Thoreau recorded his winter walk through Holden Swamp, marveling at the Lesser Redpolls whose crimson wings and cheerful feeding proved that “the winter… is as it was designed and made to be.”
1911 Victor Lemoine, French hybridizer of lilacs, peonies, mock-oranges, begonias, and more, died. His Nancy nursery and devoted wife Marie Louise gave the world the first double lilac and hundreds of floral treasures.
Unearthed Words
Snow blankets the garden and cedars wear white “like rich men’s wives on opera night.” “Winter in the Garden” by Edgar A. Guest
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Today’s Botanic Spark
1882 Fiorello LaGuardia — New York City’s “Little Flower,” remembered for his larger-than-life leadership, justice, and enduring nickname rooted in his Italian name, meaning “little flower.” Read today’s Botanic Spark
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