Quote of the day
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them. With Major Major it had been all three. Based on quote from Shakespeare, Twelfth Night Act II, scene v: Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em.
Ernest Henry Wilson
Born: February 15, 1876
Died: October 15, 1930 (aged 54)
Bio: Ernest Henry "Chinese" Wilson, better known as E. H. Wilson, was a notable English plant collector who introduced a large range of about 2000 of Asian plant species to the West; some sixty bear his name.
Known for:
- A naturalist in western China (1913)
- Aristocrats of the garden (1917)
- America's greatest garden (1925)
- Plant hunting (1927)







