May 16, 2023 William Henry Seward, Martha Ballard, Luigi Fenaroli, Herbert Ernest Bates, Goldenrod, Of Rhubarb and Roses by Tim Richardson, and Jacob Ritner

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Botanical History On This Day

1801 William Henry Seward is born.

1809 Martha Ballard recorded her work as an herbalist and midwife.

1899 Luigi Fenaroli, the great Italian agronomist and botanist, is born.

1905 Herbert Ernest Bates (pen name H. E. Bates), the English author, is born.

1926 Kentucky selects the Goldenrod for its Floral Emblem.

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1861 Jacob Ritner, a Union captain in the Civil War, wrote a letter to his wife, Emeline.

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