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What Have These Famous Plant People Done?

Many of the plants grown today, and the materials and techniques used to grow them, are the result of years of exploration,
experimentation, and occasionally, purely accidental discovery.

Here are the answers to the trivia questions!
How well did you do?

 

1. John Innes
Answer: e) Was the “father of soil science”

2. Jan De Graff
Answer: a) Hybridized many varieties of lilies

3. Luther Burbank
Answer: i) Developed a spineless cactus and several types of plum

4. John Bartram
Answer: f) Founded first botanical garden in America

5. George Washington
Answer: g) Experimented with the peanut

6. Captain Cook
Answer: b) Introduced the pineapple to Hawaii

7. Melvin Wyant
Answer: c) was a famous developer of hybrid tea roses

8. Thomas Jefferson
Answer: j) Smuggled rice seed out of Italy for planters in the American South

9. Barton Von Saint Paul
Answer: h) Discovered the African Violet

10. Edward Ward
Answer: d) Invented the terrarium