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Famous Persons of Horticulture, Word Search
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Unless you are a horticultural historian, you may find helpful the following articles on famous persons:
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author of the
first gardening manual in the U.S.
British
designer including huge glasshouses
one of first to
publish plant descriptions in De Materia Medica
early Roman
writer on natural history and kitchen gardens
famous American
landscape architect of early 1900s
German
physician introduced many lilies from Japan to his nursery in the
Netherlands
one of US early
horticulturists
Swedish whose
name given to annual Black-eyed Susan vine
French
landscape designer of Versailles
wandering Jew
named after these British collectors
prolific
British author of 1800s with Encyclopedia of Gardening
famous French
nursery family of 18th century onwards
Scottish
horticulturist ran Chelsea Physic Garden for about 50 years
British woman
b.1858 with name on many cultivars
British plant
collector in the U.S. in early 1800s
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