Category: SHADE TREES

• SHADE TREES

  MAGNOLIA

  THE FOLKLORE OF PLANTS: Magnolia Lisa Karen Miller          Pierre Magnol was an eminent French botanist.  He helped scientists understand that plants come in families and not just species.  They honored him by attaching his name to the tree that has come to symbolize the American Deep South.          Scarlett…

  October 16, 2023
• SHADE TREES

  HICKORY

  THE FOLKLORE OF PLANTS: Hickory Lisa Karen Miller           His marriage was bigamous, because his wife had not yet obtained a divorce from her jealous husband. He later killed in a duel a man who had openly besmirched his wife’s honor. He speculated widely in land, including some reserved by…

  October 7, 2023