June 8, 2022 John Evelyn, Sophia of Hanover, Peonies, Sara Paretsky, Take It Outside by Mel Brasier, Garrett Magee, and James DeSantis, and Martha Stewart
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Botanical History On This Day
1698 On this day, the English writer, landowner, gardener, courtier, and diarist, John Evelyn, went to Deptford to "see how miserably the Czar... left my house after three months [of] making it his Court."
1714 Death of Sophia of Hanover, the Electress of Hanover. She died at 83.
1908 On this day, a review of the Peterson Nursery in Chicago offered an update on their annual peony week.
1947 Birth of Sara Paretsky, American mystery writer.
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2009 On this day, Martha Stewart's peonies bloomed.
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