Tag: Joseph Hooker

Early flowering of Prinsepia utilis

  Walking along the path at the foot of the Chinese Hillside last week I noticed that recent clearing has exposed some interesting plants from among the previously…

A Tale of Twinflower and Two Botanists

I have long had a soft spot for twinflower (Linnaea borealis). For 3 years in the late 70s I climbed almost daily up to my research plots in…