May 1, 2023 May Day, Karl Friedrich von Gaertner, Phebe Holder, Thomas Hoy, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Emily’s Fresh Kitchen by Emily Maxson, and Calvin Fletcher

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Botanical History On This Day

1772 Karl Friedrich von Gaertner, German botanist, is born.

1890 Phebe Holder's poem, A Song of May, appeared in newspapers this month.

1822 Thomas Hoy, English gardener, horticulturist, and botanist, died.

1867 Ralph Waldo Emerson inscribed a copy of his book, May Day, to Sophie Thoreau, the devoted sister of Henry David Thoreau.

2001 The Himalayan Garden: Growing Plants from the Roof of the World by Jim Jermyn.

2015 Monet's Palate Cookbook: The Artist & His Kitchen Garden At Giverny by Aileen Bordman

2018 Herbal Medicine for Beginners: Your Guide to Healing Common Ailments with 35 Medicinal Herbs by Katja Swift

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1859 On this day, Calvin Fletcher, American attorney, banker, farmer, and state senator in Indianapolis, wrote in his diary.

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