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Benjamin Franklin
The Franklinia The Belvedere Daily Republican, out of Belvedere Illinois, published a small article about a tree named for Benjamin Franklin. Here’s what it said: “About 200 years ago, John Bartram, an eminent botanist, discovered a strange flowering tree in a Georgia forest and named it “Franklinia” in honor of his fellow Philadelphian, Benjamin Franklin.”…
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