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Thomas Nuttall: The Botanist Who Explored Michigan’s Flora and Discovered the Dwarf Lake Iris
The Mackinac Island Botanist April 12, 1810 On this day, the 24-year-old English botanist Thomas Nuttal hopped on a coach and left Philadelphia. Thomas was leaving on an expedition to study the flora of the Northwest that was arranged by Professor Benjamin Smith Barton of the University of Philadelphia. With a salary of $8 per…
Read MoreEdward Tuckerman: The Lichen Botanist Who Saved Lewis and Clark’s Plants
Tuckerman Ravine December 7, 1817 Today is the birthday of the American botanist and professor Edward Tuckerman. A specialist of lichens and other Alpine plants, Edward helped found the Natural History Society of Boston. As a professor at Amherst College, Edward spent his spare time botanizing in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Today Tuckerman…
Read MoreThomas Nuttall’s Botanical Journey: Discovering Michigan’s Flora on Mackinac Island
Adventures in Mackinac On this day, a 24-year-old botanist named Thomas Nuttal jumped in a birch bark canoe with Aaron Greeley, the deputy surveyor of the territory of Michigan, and they paddled to Mackinac Island arriving two weeks later on August 12. Thomas spent several days on Mackinac – He was the first real botanist…
Read MoreSeeds of Discovery: Frederick Pursh and the Flora Americana Legacy
Flora Americana The English botanist Aylmer Lambert wrote to his peer, and the President of the Linnean Society, Sir James Edward Smith. Lambert was giving Smith a heads up that Frederick Pursh’s Flora Americana was published. Five years earlier, Frederick had been working for Benjamin Smith Barton in America. Barton was supposed to process the…
Read MoreCaspar Wistar and the Flowering of Wisteria: A Legacy of Science, Friendship, and Gardens
The Younger Today is the anniversary of the death of the American physician Caspar Wistar (“Wiss-Star”), the Younger. His grandfather was also Caspar Wistar, so the Younger distinction helps people tell them apart. Wistar was a Professor of Anatomy at the University of Pennsylvania. In 1777, Caspar Wistar treated the wounded during the battle of…
Read MoreJanuary 22, 2020 The Wardian Case, Winter Garden Design Tips, Francis Bacon, Heinrich Muhlenberg, Caspar Wistar, The 1985 Cold Snap, Lessons From Winter In Poetry And Prose, By Pen & By Spade By David Wheeler, Esschert Garden Tool Belt, and Ellsworth Jerome Hill
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 The Wardian case: Botany game-changer | Kew It’s incredible to think that the Wardian case was invented by British doctor and amateur naturalist Nathaniel Bagshaw…
Read MoreCaspar Wistar: The Physician Who Inspired the Beloved Wisteria
The Wistar Institute On this day in 1777, Caspar Wistar treated the wounded during the battle of Germantown and decided he would pursue medical training. Wistar (“Wiss-Star”)is the names of The Wistar Institute, the nation’s first independent biomedical research center. Today, they focus on cancer, infectious disease & vaccine research to benefit human health. The…
Read MoreBernard McMahon: Jefferson’s Garden Mentor and Curator of Lewis & Clark’s Plants
The Philadelphia Nurseryman Today is the birthday of the Irish-born botanical steward of the plants collected by Lewis and Clark; the Philadelphia nurseryman, Bernard McMahon, who was born on this day in 1816. McMahon’s lasting legacy was his American Gardener’s Calendar. Packed with monthly directions and information about all things gardening, McMahon’s Calendar was the most popular…
Read MoreCaspar Wistar: The Man Behind Wisteria and Philadelphia’s Great Salon
The Younger Wistar Today is the birthday of Caspar Wistar, the Younger who was born on this day in 1761. His grandfather was also Caspar Wistar, so the Younger distinction helps people tell them apart. Wistar was a Professor of Anatomy at the University of Pennsylvania. The botanist Thomas Nuttall named the genus Wisteria in…
Read MoreBotanical Adventure Canoes and Cataloguing: Thomas Nuttall’s Mackinac
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. July 29, 1810 On this day, dear garden friends, young Thomas Nuttall, a mere stripling of 24 years, embarked upon what one might call a most fortuitous botanical adventure. With the audacity that…
Read MoreFirst Footprints in Flora: How Thomas Nuttall Discovered Michigan’s Botanical Treasures
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. April 12, 1810 On this day, young Thomas Nuttall, a mere twenty-four years of age and fresh from England’s shores, departed Philadelphia by coach on what would become a most remarkable botanical adventure.…
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