April 20, 2022 Pietro Aretino, Peter Barr, Henri Frederic Amiel, Flavors from the Garden by William Woys Weaver, and William Bartram

The Daily Gardener · Apr 20, 2022 · 14m

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1492 Birth of Pietro Aretino ("Pee-et-tro Air-ah-TEE-no"), Italian writer, poet, and blackmailer.

He was critical of the powerful and sympathetic to religious reformers. He once wrote,

Let us love winter, for it is the spring of genius.

1646 Birth of Charles Plumier, French priest and botanist.

He was born in Marseille and was regarded as one of the most important botanical explorers of his time.

Charles served…