Posts Tagged ‘Plant Humor’
Plant Taxonomy and Country Charm Collide in this Little Story From 1916
A Rose by any Name Smells as Sweet December 16, 1916 Today, a humorous little garden story was shared in the Star Phoenix out of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. A famous botanist was pacing slowly along a country road, his eyes, as usual, roaming from side to side for new plants to study. Suddenly an eager look…
Read MoreA Humorous Story Featuring Horticulture Teacher Louise Klein Miller
“Louise had been telling a crowd of pupils about the different insects that attack plants and warned them especially against the malevolent San Jose scale.” July 22, 1938 On this day, the St. Cloud Times ran a story about a horticulturist named Louise Klein Miller. Louise, at the age of 84, was retiring as supervisor…
Read MoreThe Rhodum Sidus: A Charming Tale of Taxonomy and Plant Humor
“An amusing story… describes how a country nurseryman made a large sum out of sales of a simple little flower that he sold under the name of Rhodum sidus.” September 20, 1910 On this day, The Rutland Daily Herald out of Vermont shared this utterly charming story about a little-known flower called the Rhodum sidus: …
Read MoreA Humorous Blast From the Past Starring Horticulture Teacher Louise Klein Miller
“Miller had been telling a crowd of pupils about the insects that attack plants and warned them, especially against the malevolent San Jose Scale.” August 30, 1910 On this day, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle out of Brooklyn, New York, ran an adorable article I discovered while researching Louise Klein Miller and her time teaching horticulture:…
Read MoreRemembering Botanist Katherine Esau and her Fables
“Katherine once gave a lecture titled ‘The Saga of Vladimir-the-Virus and the Sad Fate of Norman-the-Nucleus.'” June 4, 1997 On this day, the German-American botanist Katherine Esau died. She received the National Medal of Science for her outstanding work on plant anatomy. When researching Katherine Esau, I discovered she was born in Ekaterinoslav, Ukraine.…
Read MoreA Halloween Joke for Gardeners
What do you call it when a lighthouse, a trellis, a windstorm, a dune, and a Halloween costume get together? A beacon, lattice, and tornado sand witch. This post was featured onThe Daily Gardener podcast: helping gardeners find their roots, one story at a time BLT Sandwich
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