Gardening History: Maybe botanists should stay home on January 30?

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Author Content Terry Murfreesboro, TN (Zone 7a) January 30, 2009 10:27 AM Post #6070310 J.H. Chesterton, Asa Gray, Gottlieb Haberlandt, Frederick Frost Blackman and Monroe Evans Gardner (hort professor) all died on this date. I don't think we have any other date that contains this many deaths. Marylyn_TX Houston, TX (Zone 9a) January 30, 2009 11:32 AM Post #6070600 I think so, too! LOL OutsidePlaying Laceys Spring, AL (Zone 7a) January 30, 2009 01:55 PM Post #6071204 Wow! That's crazy, but I agree. ecrane3 Dublin, CA (Zone 9a) January 30, 2009 04:39 PM Post #6071884 Too bad I'm not a botanist--would have been a good excuse to stay home from work! LOL Or do we think ordinary gardeners would be subject to the curse as well? Terry Murfreesboro, TN (Zone 7a) January 30, 2009 04:50 PM Post #6071932 chuckle...I dunno. But it's definitely not a day for superstitious botanists to be out and about! dahlianut Calgary, AB (Zone 3a) February 02, 2009 12:51 PM Post #6083033 The Curse of the Groundhog maybe? :O

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