Posts Tagged ‘botanical adventurers’
William Young: The Queen’s Botanist, the Venus Flytrap, and a Life of Fortune and Folly
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. November 3, 1766 Dearest reader, On this day, quite the stirring tale from the New World’s blossoming botanical scene reaches its curious climax. William Young, a youthful botanist fresh from the land where…
Read MoreDavid Douglas: The Scottish Botanist’s Final Journey and the Mystery of the Hawaiian Pit
Gave His Life for Science On this day, about a month before his 35th birthday, the Scottish plant explorer David Douglas and his little Scottish terrier named Billy arrived at the northern tip of Hawaii. After landing, David met up with a man named Ned Gurney. And I know it’s hard to imagine, but Gurney…
Read MoreFrancis Kingdon-Ward: The Botanist Who Braved the Himalayas for Rare Flowers
Gave His Life for Science On this day, about a month before his 35th birthday, the Scottish plant explorer David Douglas and his little Scottish terrier named Billy arrived at the northern tip of Hawaii. After landing, David met up with a man named Ned Gurney. And I know it’s hard to imagine, but Gurney…
Read MoreRobert Fortune: The Botanist Who Stole Tea from China and Changed the World
Gave His Life for Science On this day, about a month before his 35th birthday, the Scottish plant explorer David Douglas and his little Scottish terrier named Billy arrived at the northern tip of Hawaii. After landing, David met up with a man named Ned Gurney. And I know it’s hard to imagine, but Gurney…
Read MoreA Life Among Leaves: Remembering Charles Theodore Mohr
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. July 17, 1901 On this day, dear readers, we bid farewell to a most curious botanical gentleman, one Charles Theodore Mohr, who has shuffled off this mortal coil at the respectable age of…
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