Jennifer Ebeling · @GardenerPodcast
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#December 31, 1894
#OTD Susan #FenimoreCooper, American #Naturalist & #Writer, died.
Her #Journal, #Rural Hours (1850), #Celebrates the #Biodiversity of #Otsego Cty, #NewYork.
After reading it, #Darwin, wrote #Harvard's #AsaGray to ask,
#WhoIsShe?
She wrote,
"We #Admire the #Strange & #Brilliant #Plant of the #Greenhouse,
but we #Love most the #Simple #Flowers we have loved of old,
which have bloomed many a #Spring,
through #Rain & #Sunshine,
on our #Native #Soil."
@bookstodon
#December #otd #fenimorecooper #naturalist #writer #Journal #rural #celebrates #biodiversity #otsego #newyork #Darwin #Harvard #asagray #whoisshe #admire #strange #brilliant #plant #greenhouse #love #simple #flowers #spring #rain #sunshine #native #soil