Posts Tagged ‘Sam Postlethwait’
Centenarian and Purdue University Botanist Sam Postlethwait on the Celery Bog Nature Area
“Every morning, Sam wakes up and looks out his window at the three different ecosystems before him: the prairie, the woods, and the celery bog.” April 17, 2018 On this day, Sam Postlethwait, a retired Purdue University botany professor, turned 100. His apartment overlooks the Celery Bog Nature Area. Every morning, Sam wakes up…
Read MoreApril 17, 2019 William Cullen Bryant, Double Take Plants, John Tradescant the Elder, Graham Stuart Thomas, James McBride, Adolph Daniel Edward Elmer, Gilbert White, Mignonette, Sam Postlethwait, and the Celery Bog Nature Area
William Cullen Bryant wrote, “There is no glory in star or blossom till looked upon by a loving eye; There is no fragrance in April breezes till breathed with joy as they wander by.” That pretty much sums up what happens with the plants I’ve dubbed “double-takes”. A double-take plant is the one you first…
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