October 29, 2024 A Gardener’s Late October Checklist, Charles Wright, Thoreau the Botanist, A Home in Bloom by Christie Purifoy, and USDA Pioneer Effie Southworth

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Botanical History On This Day

1811 Charles Wright, the Texas botanist, was born in Wethersfield, Connecticut. Wright’s insatiable curiosity carried him far from his New England roots to Cuba, Texas, and beyond, where he gathered plants that would enrich American herbaria.

1972 The Berkshire Eagle published a revealing article about Henry David Thoreau [THOR-oh], titled “Thoreau: The Amateur Botanist.”

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1830 Effie Almira Southworth Spaulding was born in North Collins, New York. A plant science pioneer, Effie became one of the first women to hold a professional position in botany in the United States.

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