May 12, 2022 Charles-Joseph Lamoral, Edward Lear, Florence Nightingale, Andreas Schimper, P. Allen Smith's Garden Home by P. Allen Smith, and Care Of Garden Hose by BF Goodrich in 1943

The Daily Gardener · May 12, 2022 · 12m

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1735 Birth of Charles-Joseph Lamoral, French Field Marshal, writer, and member of the princely family of Ligne ("Leen-ya").

Charles once wrote,

I should like to inflame the whole world with my taste for gardening.

There is no virtue that I would not attribute to the man who lives to project and execute gardens.

1812 Birth of Edward Lear, English artist, musician, and writer.

Edward is remembered for his literary…