Posts Tagged ‘South America’
January 4, 2021 Invasive Garlic Mustard, Stephen Hales, Johanna Weterdijk, Eleanor Perenyi, Winter Garden Thoughts, A Life in Shadow by Stephen Bell, and Garden Trivia for National Trivia Day
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 Invasive Species Spotlight: Garlic Mustard | Washington Gardener | Jacqueline Hyman Botanical History On This Day 1761 Death of Stephen Hales, English clergyman–botanist who proved…
Read MoreLeonids Meteor Shower of 1799: A Spectacular Celestial Show Witnessed by Humboldt and Douglass
The Leonids Meteor Shower On this day in 1799, the Leonids meteor shower was seen from Europe and South America. The famous German explorer and botanist Alexander Humboldt had just arrived in South America to begin his great five-year exploration, and he wrote this in his journal from Chile as he saw the Leonids: “The…
Read MoreBotanist Hugh Weddell’s Legacy: the Cinchona’s Healing Gift of Quinine
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. July 22, 1877 On this day in gardening history, we bid farewell to a botanical titan whose legacy continues to bloom long after his mortal coil has shuffled off. Dr. Hugh Algernon Weddell—physician,…
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