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January Hortic Birthdays


January Hortic Birthdays A tip of the garden hat to a few of those who have improved our gardens, health and lives in general: "Whoever could make two ears of corn grow where only one grew before would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together." Jonathan Swift 1667-1745 Ganapathi Thanikaimoni 1 January 1938--5 September 1986 A leading Indian palynologist, who studied contemporary and fossil pollens, killed age 48 during a military assault after terrorists hijacked Pan Am Flight 73 from Karachi. He was reportedly helping a child when hit by fragments of a grenade set off by the terrorists. Johann Heinrich Heucher 1 January 1677--22 February 1747 German physician and natural scientist, professor of medicine at Wittenberg, physician to King Augustus the Strong of Dresden; if you have Heuchera in the garden, the genus is named in his honour.
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