March 7, 2022 Luther Burbank, Robert Fortune, Edmund Hope Verney, The Art and Science of William Bartram by Judith Magee, and Kurt Bluemel
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Botanical History On This Day
1849 Birth of Luther Burbank, pioneering American botanist and horticulturist who developed over 800 plant varieties, including the Shasta daisy and Russet Burbank potato. He believed, “Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food, and medicine to the mind.”
1858 On this day, Robert Fortune departed on his fourth expedition to China, having sent thousands of tea seeds previously to the U.S. Early hopes of American tea cultivation were dashed by the Civil War.
1865 Botanist Edmund Hope Verney, exploring Vancouver Island, received praise for his collected plant specimens, highlighting the colony’s celebrated pines, cypresses, and lilies.
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2001 The Baltimore Sun featured Kurt Bluemel, “Mr. Grass,” known for supplying ornamental grasses to Disney’s Animal Kingdom. Despite challenges from elephants and giraffes grazing the landscape, Kurt helped create vibrant, naturalistic gardens adapted to sandy soils.
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