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John T. White
Country Diary Today John T. White’s Country Diary was shared in The Guardian (www.theguardian.com) “The calendar said July 1 but the weather over Dungeness was more suited to January. Low clouds swept over the lighthouse and the foghorn sent out its melancholy warning, three times every half minute, into the misty Channel. I was glad…
Read MoreJuly 14, 2020 Ideas for a Summer Garden Party, Edwin James, Bastille Day, Rudolph Boysen, John T. White, Rachel Carson, The Butterfly’s Ball and The Grasshopper’s Feast, A Tapestry Garden By Marietta and Ernie O’Bryne, And William Vyvyan’s Night-Blooming Cereus
Today we celebrate the man who established the science of botany in America. We’ll also learn about the botanist who survived a plane crash in the Alaskan wilderness – an incredible story. We celebrate a presentation from 1977 that encouraged, “Take a pill if you will; I say take a plant to cope with everyday…
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