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Allan Octavian Hume
A Lifelong Naturalist It’s the birthday of British civil servant Allan Octavian Hume born on this day in 1829. Hume had worked in India for more than three decades. Hume said, “I look upon myself as a Native of India.” Hume was a lifelong naturalist. In his late twenties, Hume began…
Read MoreJune 5, 2019 New Gardens, Sir John Richardson, Allan Octavian Hume, World Environment Day, Saalu Marada Thimmakka, Alice Mackenzie Swaim, The Gardener’s Bed-Book, Richardson Wright, Pruning Spring-Flowering Shrubs, and Psalm 27
Is your garden new to you this year? Recently at a garden center, I ran into a woman who had just moved. She was tentatively buying just a few plants – curious to see what would work in her new space. One of the things we ended up talking about was the micro-climate she had…
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