Darwin & and the earthworms: these lowly creatures ranked high in the scientist's affections
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Darwin was fascinated by the behavior of earthworms and the impact they had on creating a vegetable mould in soil. He observed how their digestive systems absorbed vegetable debris, mulched it internally and then expelled it in fine fragments, a benefit to fertilizing soil.
Publication Name: Horticulture, The Magazine of American Gardening
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 0018-5329
Year: 1993
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A man of many words: J.C. Loudon produced a horticultural mirror of his time
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John Claudius Loudon, the son of a gardener, developed an appreciation for horticulture early in life. He pursued studies in botany and landscape gardening at Edinburgh University, overcoming handicaps from rheumatic fever and financial setbacks to pursue a writing career.
Publication Name: Horticulture, The Magazine of American Gardening
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 0018-5329
Year: 1993
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Follow the Yellow Book Road
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Visiting private gardens open to the public under the National Gardens Scheme is a popular pastime in England and Wales. The gardens are listed and described in a guide known as the Yellow Book.
Publication Name: Horticulture, The Magazine of American Gardening
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 0018-5329
Year: 1995
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