May 2, 2022 Novalis, Frederick Arthur Walton, Charlotte Forten, Robert Frost, The Land Gardeners by Bridget Elworthy, and Norman Bor

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Botanical History On This Day

1772 Friedrich von Hardenberg (“Novalis”), German Romantic poet and philosopher, was born. He became known as the “poet of the blue flower.”

1853 Frederick Arther Walton, English nurseryman, jeweler, and cactus collector, was born.

1858 Charlotte Forten, poet, teacher, and abolitionist, began writing her flower-inspired poem *To a Beloved Friend*.

1923 Robert Frost published his poem *Our Singing Strength* in *The New Republic*.

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1893 Irish botanist Norman Bor was born. His wife Eleanor later wrote *The Adventures of a Botanist’s Wife* about their Himalayan travels.

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