May 17, 2022 Sandro Botticelli, Montreal, Robert Tannahill, Elvin Charles Stakman, 150 Gardens You Need To Visit Before You Die by Stefanie Waldek, and Louisa Yeomans King on Peony Pruning
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Botanical History On This Day
1510 Sandro Botticelli died; his gardens of myth—Primavera, Allegory of Abundance—spill with gods, roses, and ripe fruit.
1642 Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve first beheld Mount Royal’s green slopes and founded Fort Ville-Marie; an altar dressed with wildflowers greeted New France.
1810 Robert Tannahill, the Weaver Poet of Paisley, died; “Will Ye Go, Lassie, Go” gathers wild mountain thyme around blooming heather.
1885 Elvin Charles Stakman was born; the plant pathologist battled rust, mentored Norman Borlaug, and referred to fungi as “shifty little enemies.”
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1905 Louisa Yeomans King advised gardeners to disbud most peonies—saving the central bud—though beauties like ‘Alsace Lorraine’ and ‘La Rosière’ may be left to their own devices.
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