The Myth Maker
Submitted by Art on Sun, 11/01/2015 - 22:47
The Myth Maker
When a vagabond plant collector named William Swainson sent a bundle of strange lavender-flowered plants thought to be parasitic to the Glasgow Botanic Garden in 1817, he opened the door to a flood of excitement that would engulf the horticultural world for the rest of the century.
