June 12, 2019 The Most Fragrant Plants, Meriwether Lewis, Karl Freiherr von Drais, Edward Newman, the Michigan Botanical Club, Frank Nicholas Meyer, June Poetry, Carl Linnaeus, Joseph Banks, Patricia Fara, Perlite, and the Shady Acres Herb Farm
Fragrance in the garden...
The most fragrant blossoms include:
Cheddar pinks (a member of the carnation family)
Lavender
Peony
Gardenia
Honeysuckle
Hyacinth
Lilac
Mock Orange
Daphne
Bee balm
Brevities
#OTD On this day, in 1805, Meriwether Lewis was just one day away from reaching the Great Falls of Missouri.
He wrote his own brief description of a species that was previously unknown to science.
He wrote,
"The narrow leafed cottonwood grows here in common with the other species of the same tree with a broad leaf."
Wonder if he saw all the cottonwood seeds floating through the air...
#OTD It…
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