Posts Tagged ‘Bernard McMahan’
Meriwether’s Mistake: The Serendipitous Discovery of Snowberry
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. August 13, 1805 My darling garden companions, gather ’round as I regale you with the most enchanting tale of botanical discovery! On this day in 1805, our intrepid explorer Meriwether Lewis stumbled upon…
Read MoreThomas Jefferson’s Double Tuberoses From His Botanical Friend and Mentor:Bernard McMahan
“McMahan has also created a gardener calendar with a list of seeds, including month-by-month instructions. The schedule was foundational to Thomas‘s gardening practice, and McMahan became his garden mentor.” August 12, 1806 On this day, Thomas Jefferson’s 24 double tuberoses, Polianthes tuberosa, were blooming. Thomas had obtained them from Bernard McMahan’s nursery, and he…
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