February 11, 2022 Margaret Cavendish Bentinck, Oklahoma State Flower, JA Bates, William Morris's Flowers by Rowan Bain, and Eliza Calvert Hall

The Daily Gardener · Feb 11, 2022 · 9m

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1715 Birth of Margaret Cavendish Bentinck, Duchess of Portland, British aristocrat, naturalist, plant lover, and botanist. Her family and friends called her Maria. She and William Bentinck had five children; one of their sons became prime minister twice. When William died after their 27th anniversary, Maria threw herself into her passion: collecting.

As the wealthiest woman in England, she cultivated an enormous…