Posts Tagged ‘Cornell University’
A Life Among Leaves: The Botanical Journey of Ethel Zoe Bailey
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. November 17, 1889 On this day, a most remarkable woman entered the world, one whose life would become as intertwined with botany as the most tenacious of climbing vines. Ethel Zoe Bailey, daughter…
Read MoreLiberty Hyde Bailey: The Father of Modern Horticulture and Champion of Garden Sentiment
The Father of Modern Horticulture March 15, 1858 Today is the birthday of the American horticulturist and botanist who co-founded the American Society for Horticultural Science, Liberty, Hyde Bailey, who was born on this day, March 15th in 1858. We owe a huge debt of gratitude to Liberty Hyde Bailey. He is responsible for…
Read MoreThe Faith of the Dormant Buds: Remembering Pomologist William Henry Chapman
Symbolism of Trees Today is the anniversary of the death of the botanist William Henry Chapman who died on this day in 1970. Chapman was an American botanist, and his area of specialty was pomology or fruit. As a professor, Chapman taught at Cornell and later at UC Berkeley and UC Davis, where he was…
Read MoreCornell’s first class, Ezra’s vision, and the gardens of Ithaca
The Lake Cayuga Campus On this day in 1868, Cornell University welcomed the very first class of students to the rural campus overlooking Lake Cayuga in Ithaca, New York. An agricultural land grant university, Cornell was endowed by Ezra Cornell, one of the founders of Western Union Telegraph Co. There’s a funny little story that…
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