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  1. #December 12, 1702
    #OTD Olaus #Rudbeck, #Swedish #Botanist, died.

    In his #FirstJob as #Botany #Professor, Olaus #Expected a Full #Class, but no one showed.
    He #Cried.

    #Aw

    - - -
    In Frederica Rowan's #Biography, she writes,

    "Recovering from his #Momentary #Weakness, Olaus [did] for #Botany what he had for #Anatomy.
    He [created] a #Botanical #Garden...
    [and when] #Admiring #Visitors #Gathered [there]...
    He would #Instill #Knowledge into them...
    Even #Against their #Will."

  2. November 23, 1957
    #OTD The Horizon Garden Club Country Observer shared this post in The News-Messenger (Fremont, Ohio)

    #November can mean many things to a #Gardener. The past days have been occupied with the ingathering of #Crops: the grains, the vegetables, the fruit.

    Some of us who are older with long memories miss the rows of #Shocks in the #Cornfields. But we can look at the cribs filled to overflowing & rejoice that the #Harvest has been #Gathered before the #Advent of heavy #Snows.