April 25, 2023 John Mulso, Thomas Jefferson, George Herbert Engleheart, David Fairchild, Harry Radlund, Leslie Young Carrethers, The Gardener’s Guide to Prairie Plants by Neil Diboll and Hilary Cox, and Maurice Baring

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Botanical History On This Day

1766 John Mulso writes to his friend English naturalist, Gilbert White, in Selborne

1809 A retired Thomas Jefferson enjoyed spending most of his time in his garden. (Finally!)

1851 George Herbert Engleheart, English pastor and plant breeder, was born.

1905 On this day,  David Fairchild, the great botanist, married Marian Graham Bell, the daughter of Alexander Graham Bell.

1911 Harry Radlund, a gardener from Kilborne, Wisconsin, shared his garden successes with a plantsman named Henry Field.

1948 Leslie Young Correthers, American poet & artist, died.

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Today's Botanic Spark

1917 On this day, pilot Maurice Baring writes in his diary - giving a unique glimpse of WWI through the eyes of a nature lover and gardener.

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