The Last Cassini: When a Star-Gazer’s Son Fell for Sunflowers

Alexandre de Cassini

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. May 9, 1781 On this day, the illustrious Count Alexandre Henri Gabriel de Cassini entered our world with a destiny that would defy his family’s celestial traditions. Born into what one might call…

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