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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.

Do any of the following names sound familiar? Simply match the name on the left with the plant achievement on the right.

 
  1. John Innes
  2. Jan De Graff
  3. Luther Burbank
  4. John Bartram
  5. George Washington
  6. Captain Cook
  7. Melvin Wyant
  8. Thomas Jefferson
  9. Barton Von Saint Paul
  10. Edward Ward

a) Hybridized many varieties of lilies
b) Introduced the pineapple to Hawaii
c) Was a famous developer of hybrid tea roses
d) Invented the terrarium
e) Was the English “father of soil science”
f) Founded first botanical garden in America
g) Experimented with the peanut
h) Discovered the African violet
i) Developed a spineless cactus and several types of plum
j) Smuggled rice seed out of Italy for planters in the American South

 

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