Posts Tagged ‘India’
Frank Kingdon-Ward: The Last of the Great Plant Hunters
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. November 6, 1885 On this day, the renowned British botanist and explorer Frank Kingdon-Ward was born in Manchester, England. The son of a distinguished botanist, Frank seemed destined to follow in his father’s…
Read MoreDeoban’s Secret: India’s Groundbreaking Garden of Cryptogams
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. July 11, 2021 On this day, dear horticultural enthusiasts, we find ourselves transported to the lush, misty heights of the Deoban area in Dehradun, Uttarakhand. Here, nestled at a breathtaking altitude of 9,000…
Read MoreCelebrating an Intrepid Explorer, Writer, Illustrator and an Irish Botanist’s Wife: Eleanor Constance Rundall Bor
“Mrs. Bor had expected to share exciting plant discoveries and, at least, to give her name to a rare orchid. Instead, she found her husband was a specialist in grasses, and it was a new species of grass extremely rare but, to her, looking no more than a “mangy bit of fur” that finally bore…
Read MoreThe Viral 1930s Article Featuring Plant Explorer Frank Kingdon-Ward and his Botanical Adventures
“On another of his Tibetan expeditions, he discovered the blue poppy, a flower sought by all horticulturists in this country and obtained by few.” July 1, 1932 On this day, newspapers worldwide ran a fascinating article about the botanist Frank Kingdon-Ward titled “Plant Explorer Finds Adventure.” Here’s what the Altoona Mirror out of Altoona, Pennsylvania,…
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