Posts Tagged ‘Engelmann spruce’
George Engelmann: Founding Botanist of Missouri Botanical Garden and Savior of the French Wine Industry
The Savior of French Wine January 29, 1879 On this day, the physician and botanist George Engelmann lost his wife, Dorothea. Dorothea was also his cousin, and the couple married in their native Germany before immigrating to the United States. Engelmann had settled in St Louis, Missouri. George and Dorothea had one son, George Jr -…
Read MoreThe Botanical King of Colorado: Charles Christopher Parry’s Mountain Legacy
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. August 28, 1823 My dear green-thumbed companions, today marks the birthday of a most remarkable plantsman, the one and only Charles Christopher Parry, crowned the “King of Colorado Botany,” who graced this earth…
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