EPISODE · Jun 14, 2020
Sweden's Flower King
from Peter Hill Explains · host Peter Hill) (Peter Hill
I like Uppsala's University's rector saying "We swedes are slow boring people". But Linneaus was the true Flower Power person of the 60's, the 1760's sending six swedes to their death collecting flowers, Oh well the did really enrich my garden. I loved the fact that he grid planted to fit his classification scheme. They left out the bit where he made a floral clock that used flowers that opened at different times of the day. It was deeply important how this developed a reason for having scientists on exploration journeys. MP4 recording MP3 recording --> --> Your browser does not support the audio element.
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I like Uppsala's University's rector saying "We swedes are slow boring people". But Linneaus was the true Flower Power person of the 60's, the 1760's sending six swedes to their death collecting flowers, Oh well the did really enrich my garden. I loved the fact that he grid planted to fit his classification scheme. They left out the bit where he made a floral clock that used flowers that opened at different times of the day. It was deeply important how this developed a reason for having scientists on exploration journeys. MP4 recording MP3 recording -- -- Your browser does not support the audio element.
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