DiscoverThe Daily GardenerOctober 29, 2024 A Gardener's Late October Checklist, Charles Wright, Thoreau the Botanist, A Home in Bloom by Christie Purifoy, and USDA Pioneer Effie Southworth
October 29, 2024 A Gardener's Late October Checklist, Charles Wright,  Thoreau the Botanist, A Home in Bloom by Christie Purifoy, and USDA Pioneer Effie Southworth

October 29, 2024 A Gardener's Late October Checklist, Charles Wright, Thoreau the Botanist, A Home in Bloom by Christie Purifoy, and USDA Pioneer Effie Southworth

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Botanical History On This Day

1811 Texas botanist Charles Wright is born on this day in Wethersfield, Connecticut.

1972 The Berkshire Eagle published a revealing article about Henry David Thoreau [pronounced: THOR-oh] titled "Thoreau: The Amateur Botanist."

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1830 Plant science pioneer Effie Almira Southworth Spaulding is born in North Collins, New York. Her story illuminates both the challenges and triumphs of women in early American botanical science.

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October 29, 2024 A Gardener's Late October Checklist, Charles Wright,  Thoreau the Botanist, A Home in Bloom by Christie Purifoy, and USDA Pioneer Effie Southworth

October 29, 2024 A Gardener's Late October Checklist, Charles Wright, Thoreau the Botanist, A Home in Bloom by Christie Purifoy, and USDA Pioneer Effie Southworth

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