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Botanical History On This Day
1687 Eleanor "Nell" Gwynn, died at the age of 37 in her Pall Mall house in London.
Known as "pretty, witty Nell" by diarist Samuel Pepys, she was one of the most celebrated figures of the Restoration period and a long-time mistress of King Charles II.
1749 John Custis IV, an American planter, politician, government official, and military officer, died.
His garden legacy has recently captured headlines as archaeologists uncover what was once colonial America's most lavish ornamental garden.
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Today's Botanic Spark
1805 Robert Buist, florist and nurseryman, was born near Edinburgh, Scotland.
Trained at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Buist emigrated to Philadelphia in 1828 at age 23, where he would become one of America's most influential early nurserymen.
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