Posts Tagged ‘Quaker botanists’
November 05, 2024 Arranging Flowers and Planting Bulbs, Humphry Marshall, Ellen Biddle Shipman, Garden Favorites by Warren Schultz, Rebecca W. Atwater and Rick Darke, and Ida Tarbell
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 1801 On this day, America lost one of its pioneering botanists, Humphry Marshall, the “Father of American Dendrology.” 1869 Ellen Shipman, a…
Read MoreThe Father of American Dendrology: Remembering Humphry Marshall
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. November 5, 1801 On this day, America lost one of its pioneering botanists, Humphry Marshall. His legacy as the “Father of American Dendrology” continues to influence our understanding of native trees and shrubs…
Read MoreDorothy Adlington Cadbury: Quaker Botanist and Cadbury Director
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. August 21, 1987 My darling garden companions, today marks the solemn anniversary of Dorothy Adlington Cadbury’s departure from our earthly garden, who slipped into eternal rest on this very day in 1987. What…
Read MoreThe Remarkable Life of William Darlington: How a Pennsylvania Physician Bloomed into Botanical Fame
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. April 23, 1863 On this day, we must acknowledge the departure of that most curious specimen of American intellectual cultivation, Dr. William Darlington – botanist, physician, and politician – who has shuffled off…
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