Quote of the day
The Chinese seemed to be mourning Mao in a heartfelt fashion. But I wondered how many of their tears were genuine. People had practiced acting to such a degree that they confused it with their true feelings.
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)







