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Cherry Blossom Botanist Today is the birthday of the British botanist Collingwood “Cherry” Ingram, who was born on this day in 1880. Since he was a child, Ingram was obsessed with cherry blossoms. He spent most of his adult life devoted to their cultivation and preservation. In 1926, Ingram traveled to Japan, hoping to find…