Posts Tagged ‘Humphrey Marshall’
William Young: The Queen’s Botanist, the Venus Flytrap, and a Life of Fortune and Folly
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. November 3, 1766 Dearest reader, On this day, quite the stirring tale from the New World’s blossoming botanical scene reaches its curious climax. William Young, a youthful botanist fresh from the land where…
Read MoreHumphrey Marshall: America’s Forgotten Father of Dendrology
The Father of American Dendrology November 5, 1801 Today is the anniversary of the death of the botanist Humphrey Marshall. The Marshalls were cousins to the Bartrams – their mothers were sisters. Humphrey’s cousin, John Bartram, was known as the “Father of American Botany” after establishing the country’s first botanical garden, and he ignited…
Read MoreNovember 5, 2020 Humphrey Marshall, the Chrysanthemum, John Redfield, Henry Rollins, The New Southern Garden Cookbook by Sheri Castle, and the Vancouver Chinese Garden Otter
Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community Botanical History On This Day 1801 Humphrey Marshall, cousin to the Bartrams and “Father of American Dendrology,” died. He created America’s second botanical garden and championed native…
Read MoreHumphrey Marshall: America’s Father of Dendrology and Botanical Explorer
The Father of American Dendrology November 5, 1801 Today is the anniversary of the death of the botanist Humphrey Marshall. The Marshalls were cousins to the Bartrams – their mothers were sisters. Humphrey’s cousin, John Bartram, was known as the “Father of American Botany” after establishing the country’s first botanical garden, and he ignited…
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