March 22, 2022 St. Catherine, Thomas Carew, New York Horticultural Society, Christine Johanna Buisman, The Earth in Her Hands by Jennifer Jewell, and John Banister Tabb
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Botanical History On This Day
Today is the feast day of St. Catherine of Sweden for Roman Catholics. The lesser celandine (Ficaria verna), known as St. Catherine's flower, brightens spring woodlands with its cheerful yellow blossoms. St. Catherine is the patron saint of women who suffer miscarriages.
1640 Death of Thomas Carew, English Cavalier poet. His poem The Spring celebrates the thawing earth and the awakening of nature with lively bees, cuckoos, and swallows.
1822 Founding of the New-York Horticultural Society, America’s first horticultural society. Despite early challenges and fading membership, the legacy of its founders paved the way for the New York Botanical Garden’s creation in the 1890s.
1900 Birth of Christine Johanna Buisman, Dutch botanist. She identified the fungus causing Dutch Elm Disease in North America, leading to the breeding of resistant elm clones named in her honor.
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1845 Birth of John Banister Tabb, American poet and Catholic priest. His poem An Interview reminds us of the fleeting nature of life, and his witty dandelion poem heralds the cycle of change in the garden.
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