January 4, 2021 Invasive Garlic Mustard, Stephen Hales, Johanna Weterdijk, Eleanor Perenyi, Winter Garden Thoughts, A Life in Shadow by Stephen Bell, and Garden Trivia for National Trivia Day
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Botanical History On This Day
1761 Death of Stephen Hales, English clergyman–botanist who proved sap rises, measured sap and blood pressure, improved air with his hand-cranked ventilators, and advised Princess Augusta as Kew Gardens took shape. The snowdrop tree genus Halesia honors his legacy.
1883 Birth of Johanna “Hans” Westerdijk, Dutch plant pathologist and the Netherlands’ first female professor. She led the all-women team that cracked Dutch elm disease and championed equal opportunity: “Both work and play are needed to create a beautiful mind.”
1918 Birth of Eleanor Perenyi, the incisive American garden essayist behind the classic Green Thoughts—a witty, wise companion for real-world gardeners who know that “a little studied negligence is becoming to a garden.”
Unearthed Words
Today’s excerpt evokes winter garden dreaming by the fire: garden writer Elizabeth Lawrence escorts readers from Carolina borders to English vicars’ plots, proving that there’s always something to find—buds, berries, bark—if you look carefully, even in the cold.
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Read my review of A Life in Shadow by Stephen Bell—Aimé Bonpland’s South American odyssey of plants, politics, and persistence, told through richly researched history.
Buy the book on Amazon: A Life in Shadow: Aimé Bonpland in Southern South America, 1817–1858
Today's Botanic Spark
National Trivia Day: Celebrate with Garden Trivia. File away for your next garden party.
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