Acidic Cold. Bog Laurel, Kalmia polifolia, Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
'Cold acidic bogs', that's the description given to the localities of this pretty Bog Laurel. I can relate to that given the chill with rain and winds today in the Hortus and over the new section of Bog Plants (among which many Droseras). This Kalmia was introduced to England in 1767. Great Carolus Linnaeus refers to one of his students who'd collected it in North America. I'm not sure where this Friedrich Adam Julius von Wangenheim (1749-1800) found the plant which is said to be native to Newfoundland, Canada. He was a professional soldier and served in the British Hessian Brigade in North America (1777/8-1785). I understand he kept mainly to the northeast of the US and in what is today Ontario, Canada but he may well have been in Newfoundland as well.
Acidic Cold. Bog Laurel, Kalmia polifolia, Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
'Cold acidic bogs', that's the description given to the localities of this pretty Bog Laurel. I can relate to that given the chill with rain and winds today in the Hortus and over the new section of Bog Plants (among which many Droseras). This Kalmia was introduced to England in 1767. Great Carolus Linnaeus refers to one of his students who'd collected it in North America. I'm not sure where this Friedrich Adam Julius von Wangenheim (1749-1800) found the plant which is said to be native to Newfoundland, Canada. He was a professional soldier and served in the British Hessian Brigade in North America (1777/8-1785). I understand he kept mainly to the northeast of the US and in what is today Ontario, Canada but he may well have been in Newfoundland as well.