Posts Tagged ‘August Wilhelm Eichler’
April 22, 2022 Mary Russell Mitford, Julius Sterling Morton, August Wilhelm Eichler, Midas Dekkers, The First Mess Cookbook by Laura Wright, and Louise Elisabeth Glück
Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community Botanical History On This Day 1970 Earth Day was celebrated for the first time, marking a watershed moment in environmental awareness. What began as a single day…
Read MoreEvolution in plant classification: August Wilhelm Eichler’s groundbreaking system
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. April 22, 1839 Dearest reader, On this day, we celebrate the birth of August Wilhelm Eichler, a pioneering figure in botanical classification whose revolutionary system reflected the concept of evolution. Eichler divided the…
Read MoreThe Botanist Who Classified Evolution: August Wilhelm Eichler
Flora Brasiliensis April 22, 1839 Today is the birthday of the German botanist August Wilhelm Eichler. Wilhelm developed one of the first widely used natural systems of plant classification. Most importantly, it was the first classification system based on evolution. In addition, Wilhelm divided the plant kingdom into non-floral plants and floral plants. Wilhelm spent…
Read MoreApril 22, 2021 Plants and People of Vanuatu, J Sterling Morton, August Wilhelm Eichler, Spring Gratitude, Kitchen Garden Cookbook by Jeanne Kelley, and the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden
Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community Curated News Plants and People of Vanuatu (“vah-new-AH-too”) | The New York Botanical Garden | Earth Day Documentary Premiere Botanical History On This Day 1832 Birthday of…
Read MoreClassifying Creation: How August Wilhelm Eichler Revolutionized Botany
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. April 22, 1839 On this day in horticultural history, the esteemed botanist August Wilhelm Eichler drew his first breath, destined to revolutionize how we classify the very plants we nurture in our gardens.…
Read MoreApril 22, 2019 Perennials, Tasha Tudor, Earth Day, August Wilhelm Eichler, Gloria Galeano, William Bartram Journal, Kew’s Gardener’s Guide to House Plants, Planting Trees and Shrubs, the Eichler Treasure Trove, and Peter Hirsch
Children’s book writer and illustrator Tasha Tudor (Books by this author) once said, It’s exciting to see things coming up again, plants that you’ve had for 20 or 30 years. It’s like seeing an old friend. This made me think of the old saying; Make new friends, but keep the old. One is silver and…
Read MoreAugust Wilhelm Eichler and the Berlin Botanic Garden
“In the attic of a residential building that almost certainly once belonged to the Eichler family, a box of handwritten papers, galley proofs, herbarium material, and correspondence was found.. This legacy is currently being cataloged by Peter Hirsch.” April 22, 1839 On this day, the German botanist August Wilhelm Eichler was born. While researching…
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