#December 6, 1894
#OTD Jeremiah Bernard Brinton, #Quaker #Doctor & #Botanist, died.

As a #CivilWar #Surgeon, he #Botanized between #Battles.

He founded the #Philadelphia #Botanical #Club.

The Botanical #Highlight of his #Life was guiding #Harvard's Asa Gray & the #Linnaean Society's William Caruthers on a visit to the #NewJersey #PineBarrens to see the #Rare #Schizaea #pusilla or the little #Curlygrass #Fern.

#Gardening #Garden #Gardener #GardenersofMastodon #Nature #Flowers #iamabotanist