Alphonse de Candolle: The Father of Geographical Botany and Garden Zones

Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. April 4, 1893 On this day in botanical history, the distinguished botanist Alphonse Pyramus (“Peer-ah-mus”) de Candolle (“Cundull”) departed this earthly garden at the venerable age of 87 in Geneva in 1893 (October…

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