First Galanthus in 2025
Galanthus, or snowdrop, is a small genus of approximately 20 species of bulbous perennial herbaceous plants in the family Amaryllidaceae. The plants have two linear leaves and a single small…
Happy Birthday Sir Joseph Banks (1743)
Happy Birthday to Sir Joseph Banks, 1st Baronet, GCB, FRS (24 February 1743 – 19 June 1820). He was an English naturalist, botanist, and patron of the natural sciences. Banks…
Dutch Tulip Mania Collapsed (1637)
On this day 388 years ago the first recorded speculative bubble or asset bubble in history collapsed. The Dutch tulip mania (in Dutch: „Tulpenmanie“) was a period during the Dutch…