February 14, 2022 René Louiche Desfontaines, Orchid Lawsuit, Samuel Graveson, Okakura Kakuzō, Rosie Sanders’ Flowers by Rosie Sanders, and Michaux’s Sumac

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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 Botanical History On This Day 1750 Birth of René Louiche Desfontaines, French botanist who explored North Africa and authored Flora Atlantica featuring 300 new genera. He famously…

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Samuel Graveson: Quaker Printer, Publisher, and Gardener’s Author

Portrait of Samuel Graveson (colorized and enhanced)

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: February 14, 1869 Dearest reader, On this day, Hertford, England, welcomed into its heart Samuel Graveson—a man born with a tranquil resolve and many hats: Quaker printer, steadfast publisher, passionate philatelist, and, for our purposes, an author with dirt beneath his nails and wit…

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