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Decumbent Cincinnati, OH(Zone 6b) Nov 01, 2006

It seems that usually in a missionary role, but not always, the Catholic clergy has played a noteworthy part in horticulture. It might be fun to think of some of the players in a thread, their era, and discoveries. maybe? Here are some that I can think of straight off:

Fr. David, French? Missionary to China, late 1800s?, Acer davidii, Davida involuctre. Many other discoveries.

Fr. Henry. French. Missionary to China, about the same time as Fr. David, I think; Acer henryi, Carpinus henryii, many others

Fr. Delavay. French. Missionary. When? Lots of Plants.

Fr. Fiala. American. Collector and breedor of crabapples and lilacs.

Scott

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Resin Northumberland, United Kingdom(Zone 9a) Nov 01, 2006

Some other plant-collecting missionaries; not necessarily all catholic:

Emile-Marie Bodinier (French; Buxus bodinieri, Callicarpa bodinieri)

François Ducloux (French; Cupressus duclouxiana)

Ernst Faber (German; Abies fabri)

Paul Guillaume Farges (French; Abies fargesii, Decaisnea fargesii)

Guiseppe Giraldi (Italian; Acer giraldii)

Pierre Incarville (French; Incarvillea grandiflora)

Edouard-Ernest Maire (French; Taxus mairei)

Jean-Théodore Monbeig (French; Deutzia monbeigii)

Paul-Hubert Perny (French; Ilex pernyi)

Interesting the predominance of French missionaries; presumably they had lots of spare time, but also many were asked to collect by Franchet (Paris Natural History Museum) who realised the opportunities that missionaries had to collect plants when other people often didn't.

Resin

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claypa West Pottsgrove, PA(Zone 6b) Nov 02, 2006

http://astro4.ast.vill.edu/mendel/gregor.htm

There's a link about Gregor Mendel OSA. Villanova has a science award in his name, but it's not just for botanists. It is a beautiful campus, lots of great trees.

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