Remembering Northwestern Botanist and Professor Margery Claire Carlson

Margery C. Carlson

“Margery commented that she was never afraid of snakes during her travels because they made so much noise cutting through the jungle with their machetes that they scared the snakes away.” July 5, 1985    On this day, botanist and Northwestern University professor Margery Claire Carlson died.   In 1916, Margery was the first woman…

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July 5, 2020 Take Kew’s Flower Quiz, A Review of Hamilton for Gardeners, Magnus von Lagerstrom, Adam Kuhn, Stamford Raffles, William Robinson, Rose Poetry, The Gardeners’ Book by Diana Craig, and Margery Claire Carlson

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Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee  Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter |  Daily Gardener Community Curated News Quiz: Are you a flower whizz? | Kew Hamilton For Gardeners Botanical History On This Day 1759 Magnus von Lagerström, Swedish naturalist and East India…

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