Posts Tagged ‘Franklyn Hugh Perring’
Franklyn Hugh Perring: The Dot Map Mastermind and Botanical Conservationist
The Atlas of the British Flora Today is the birthday of the botanist Franklyn Hugh Perring who is born in London on this day. Franklyn was the best kind of botanist, possessing the eagerness of an amateur and the training of a true professional. He also had an outstanding field botanist with a phenomenal memory…
Read MoreAugust 1, 2020 The Largest Seed in the World, Richard Savage, Charles Henry Bass Breck, Edwin Way Teale, Franklyn Hugh Perring, August Poems, In Bloom by Ngoc Minh Ngo, and the Origin of Plant Names
Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community Curated News Double Coconut: The Largest Seed in the World | Kew Here’s an excerpt: “On the beautiful islands of the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean grows…
Read MoreThe Dot Map Mastermind: Celebrating Franklyn Hugh Perring
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. August 1, 1927 On this day, dear garden friends, in London, the remarkable Franklyn Hugh Perring drew his first breath – a man destined to transform how we understand the verdant tapestry of…
Read MoreAugust 1, 2019 Gladiola, Edwin Way Teale, Franklyn Hugh Perring, Lord Byron, The Garden Chef, Repurposed Strawberry Jar, and Plants Named After People
Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community Monologue Are you growing gladiola? The plants are also sometimes called the sword lily. Gladiola is Latin for a small sword. In Victorian times, the gladiola meant,…
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