Quote of the day
The United States form a young republic, a confederacy which ought ever to be cemented by a union of interests and affection, under the influence of those principles which obtained their independence.
Reginald Farrer

Born: February 17, 1880
Died: October 17, 1920 (aged 40)
Bio: Reginald John Farrer, was a traveller and plant collector. He published a number of books, although is best known for My Rock Garden.
Known for:
- My rock-garden (1907)
- In old Ceylon (1908)
- The rainbow bridge
- Alpines and bog-plants (1908)
- The Garden of Asia (1904)