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A Naturalist’s Nightmare and a Botanical Tragedy: Douglas’s Disastrous Day on the Fraser
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. June 13, 1833 It was on this day that our intrepid botanical adventurer, David Douglas, learned that Mother Nature can be a most fickle mistress indeed. While lesser men might have contented themselves…
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