Gardens of Words: How Phebe Lankester Cultivated Knowledge for the Masses

Phebe Lankester

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. June 9, 1900 On this day, British botanist and author Phebe Lankester departed this mortal coil, though one imagines she did so with the same practical determination with which she lived her extraordinary…

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