Posts Tagged ‘Nathaniel Lord Britton’
May 11, 2022 Salvador Dalí, Nathaniel Lord Britton, Katharine Stewart, Margaret Visser, The Little Library Cookbook by Kate Young, and Turtle Hail
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 1904 Salvador Dalí, the Catalan surrealist who “personified” his homeland’s landscape, later reimagined flowers in his fantastical Flordalí series—dahlias with unicorn horns…
Read MoreA Botanist’s Brief Sojourn: Nathaniel Lord Britton’s Nantucket Observations
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. May 11, 1907 On this day, dear readers, we find ourselves transported to the quaint island of Nantucket, where the esteemed American botanist Nathaniel Lord Britton was preparing for a most enlightening lecture…
Read MoreSeeds of Ambition: The Rise and Fall of America’s First Horticultural Society
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. March 22, 1822 Dearest reader, On this day, we celebrate the founding of the New-York Horticultural Society — a pioneer in America’s love affair with plants and gardens. As the first horticultural society…
Read MoreJacob Schneck: Indiana’s Physician-Botanist Honored with Schneck Oak
The Schneck Oak December 11, 1843 Today is the birthday of the Indiana physician, naturalist, and botanist Jacob Schneck. Jacob loved plants. He had a special passion for trees, and he spent as much time as he could in the field botanizing. And for the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, Jacob put together a collection of…
Read MoreDr. Melville Thurston Cook: The Botanist Who Survived on 1,080 Eggs in Alaska
Survival on Eggs On this day, a 79-year-old botanist, Dr. Melville Thurston Cook, his wife, and their pilot were rescued by an Air Force helicopter after a week in the Alaskan wilderness. Cook reported they survived on 90 dozen eggs after their plane was forced down in the rugged Brooks Mountain range. As luck would…
Read MoreNathaniel Lord Britton: Founder and First Director of the New York Botanical Garden
Kew Gardens Inspiration Today is the birthday of the American botanist and taxonomist Nathaniel Lord Britton. Britton married the famous bryologist Elizabeth Gertrude Knight. Together, they used Kew Gardens in London as their inspiration for the New York Botanical Garden. An obituary of Britton, written by the botanist Henry Rusby shared this charming anecdote -…
Read MoreJanuary 15, 2020 Scent in the Winter Garden, Top British Garden Shows, William Starling Sullivant, Nathaniel Lord Britton, Frances Benjamin Johnston, Sarah Plummer lemon, Cultivating Delight by Diane Ackerman, Buffalo Plaid Garden Apron, and The British Museum
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 Gardening with Dave Allan: Scent in the winter garden | HeraldScotland Here are some great suggestions from Dave Allan about sweetly scented flowering shrubs for…
Read MoreElizabeth Gertrude Knight Britton: Pioneer Bryologist and Conservation Champion
The Famous Bryologist Today is the birthday of the famous bryologist Elizabeth Gertrude Knight Britton. Elizabeth married the botanist Nathaniel Lord Britton. She was a teacher, and he was a professor of botany at Columbia University. Together, they helped create the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx. Their primary source of Inspirationtion was Kew…
Read MoreJacob Schneck and the Legacy of the Schneck Oak
Schneck Oak Today is the birthday of the Indiana physician, naturalist, and botanist Jacob Schneck who was born on this day in 1843. After his service in the Civil War, Jacob decided to educate himself by going to school to become a teacher. After teaching for a short period, he decided he wanted to become…
Read MoreNathaniel Britton: The Artist-Botanist Who Drew His Own Path
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. June 25, 1934 On this day, we mark the anniversary of the demise of one Nathaniel Lord Britton, an American botanist and taxonomist who shuffled off this mortal coil. While the scientific community…
Read MoreJune 25, 2019 Empress Wu Hosta, David Douglas, William Robert Guilfoyle, Nathaniel Lord Britton, George Orwell, Gardener’s Latin by Bill Neal, Floral Pins, and Eric Carle
Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community Monologue Did you know that the most popular giant hosta is Empress Wu? At maturity, the plant is 5 feet tall with an 8-foot spread. Pictures don’t…
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