Guided Tour - Walking Postscript: Revisiting Plants from the Bulletin of Popular Information

Event Date as Display String:

Thursday, June 13, 2019, 4:00pm - 5:30pm

Location:

Arnold Arboretum, Hunnewell Building, 125 Arborway, Boston

URL:

https://my.arboretum.harvard.edu/Info.aspx?DayPlanner=1920&DayPlannerDate=6/13/2019

Event Description:

Gazette Classification: Environmental Sciences,Lecture,Science,Special
Events,Sustainability Organization/Sponsor: Arnold Arboretum
Speaker(s): <strong>Jonathan Damery</strong><br /><em>Associate
Editor, Arnoldia</em> Cost: Free, registration requested Ticket Web
Link: https://my.arboretum.harvard.edu/Info.aspx?DayPlanner=1920&DayPlannerDate=6/13/2019
Contact Info: arbweb@harvard.edu 617-384-5209 Link:
https://my.arboretum.harvard.edu/Info.aspx?DayPlanner=1920&DayPlannerDate=6/13/2019
In 1911, Charles Sprague Sargent, the founding director of the Arnold
Arboretum, began writing a serialized pamphlet titled the Bulletin of
Popular Information, in which he described flowering and fruiting
displays at the Arboretum. Because Sargent often focused on plants
newly arrived from expeditions to Asia and elsewhere, many of his
descriptions provided the first horticultural comparisons between
species that had never been grown in the same garden. On this tour,
Damery will revisit plants mentioned throughout Sargent's sixteen
years with the Bulletin, comparing the young plants in Sargent's
descriptions to the venerable specimens they have become. Special
consideration will be paid to plant phenology, examining whether
climate change has caused the plants to flower earlier than Sargent
noted. In case of inclement weather, contact 617.384.5209. Free,
registration requested.

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Event Start Date as Date Type:

Thursday, June 13, 2019 - 16:00 to 17:30

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