November 17, 2022 Solway Moss, Henry Muhlenberg, Ethel Zoe Bailey, Shelby Foote, Rosa by Peter Kukielski, and Archibald Lampman

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Botanical History On This Day

1771 On this day, heavy rains caused the ancient raised peat bog known as the Solway Moss to burst over its earthen banks and flowed down into a valley covering four hundred acres of farmland.

1785 Birth of Henry Ernst Muhlenberg, American Lutheran Pastor and botanist.

1889 Birth of Ethel Zoe Bailey, American botanist.

1916 Birth of Shelby Foote, American writer, historian, and journalist. 

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1861 Birth of Archibald Lampman, Canadian poet, and naturalist.

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