Posts Tagged ‘botanical names’
Elmer Ivan Applegate: Oregon Botanist and Specialist of the Trout Lily
Great Migration Botanist March 31, 1867 Today is the birthday of an important pioneering Oregon botanist Elmer Ivan Applegate. Elmer was born near Ashland. His grandfather, Lindsey Applegate, was a wagon train leader, and he led many settlers to Oregon during the “Great Migration” of 1843. Elmer was the oldest in his family of…
Read MoreSir John Richardson: The Pioneering Scottish Explorer Who Gardened with Death
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. June 5, 1865 On this day, we bid adieu to Sir John Richardson, a botanist and Scottish explorer whose remarkable journey through this mortal coil came to its conclusion. Dear readers, prepare yourselves…
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