Posts Tagged ‘Lichens’
October 23, 2024 The Autumn Garden, William Casson, Annie Lorrain Smith, Neltje Blanchan, Katharine Stewart, Life in the Garden by Bunny Williams, and Ludwig Leichhardt
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 1796 William Casson, English botanist, seed merchant, and local historian, was born. Casson dedicated his life to both plants and people, helping…
Read MoreFounder of Plant Pathology: Miles Joseph Berkeley’s fungal revelations
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. April 1, 1803 Dearest reader, On this day, allow your imagination to wander from the well-kept borders of the English vicarage to the mysterious shadows beneath our garden leaves, for today commemorates the…
Read MoreHenry David Thoreau and the maple’s winter coat
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. February 23, 1856 Dearest reader, On this day, we are gifted with the tranquil musings of Henry David Thoreau, who, in the gentle hours of morning, trekked to Fair Haven Pond and recorded…
Read MoreJohn Lewis Russell’s Spring Letter: A Botanist’s Affection for Nature and Nephew
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. February 23, 1863 Dearest reader, On this day, John Lewis Russell—botanist, Unitarian minister, and cherished friend of both Thoreau and Emerson—sent a letter overflowing with compassion and reverence for nature to his adult…
Read MoreEdward Tuckerman: The Lichen Botanist Who Saved Lewis and Clark’s Plants
Tuckerman Ravine December 7, 1817 Today is the birthday of the American botanist and professor Edward Tuckerman. A specialist of lichens and other Alpine plants, Edward helped found the Natural History Society of Boston. As a professor at Amherst College, Edward spent his spare time botanizing in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Today Tuckerman…
Read MoreAnnie Lorrain Smith: Pioneer Lichenologist and British Mycological Leader
Tuckerman Ravine December 7, 1817 Today is the birthday of the American botanist and professor Edward Tuckerman. A specialist of lichens and other Alpine plants, Edward helped found the Natural History Society of Boston. As a professor at Amherst College, Edward spent his spare time botanizing in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Today Tuckerman…
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