Posts Tagged ‘Lewis and Clark’
The Newfoundland and the New Frontier: Seaman’s Tale
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. May 2, 1803 On this verdant day, the United States, a fledgling nation, expanded its borders significantly when Napoleon ceded the vast Louisiana Territory to the Americans for a mere pittance. A botanist’s…
Read MoreDecember 7, 2020 Edward Tuckerman, William Saunders, Phipps Conservatory, Henry Rowland-Brown, The Art of the Garden by Relais & Châteaux North America and Willa Cather
Today we celebrate the botanist who saved the Lewis and Clark specimen sheets. We’ll also learn about the successful botanist and garden designer who introduced the navel orange. We’ll recognize the Conservatory stocked by the World’s Fair. We’ll hear a charming verse about the mistletoe by a poet entomologist. We Grow That Garden Library™ with…
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A Route to the Pacific Today, in 1806, Lewis and Clark returned to St. Louis after spending over two years exploring the headwaters of the Missouri River in an effort to find a route to the Pacific. They returned with their journals and with plant specimens. Here’s just a handful of the plants they discovered…
Read MoreLewis, Clark, and the Serviceberry: A Four-Season Love Affair
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. August 16, 1805 Oh, my darling garden companions! On this most auspicious day in 1805, the intrepid Lewis and Clark expedition found themselves navigating the treacherous Narrows of the Columbia River when they…
Read MoreThomas Jefferson’s Double Tuberoses From His Botanical Friend and Mentor:Bernard McMahan
“McMahan has also created a gardener calendar with a list of seeds, including month-by-month instructions. The schedule was foundational to Thomas‘s gardening practice, and McMahan became his garden mentor.” August 12, 1806 On this day, Thomas Jefferson’s 24 double tuberoses, Polianthes tuberosa, were blooming. Thomas had obtained them from Bernard McMahan’s nursery, and he…
Read MoreA Book’s Grand Expedition: Lewis and Clark’s Borrowed Treasure
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. May 9, 1807 On this day, a book embarked on its final journey, returning home after an adventure that would make even the hardiest of explorers green with envy. This tome, dear readers,…
Read MoreThe Mathematical Mystery of Nine-Leaf Lomatium: Lewis and Clark’s Botanical Discovery
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. May 6, 1806 On this day in 1806, that intrepid duo of botanical explorers, Lewis and Clark, stumbled upon what would become known as the Nine-leaf lomatium (Lomatium triternatum) while traipsing along the…
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