A bloom of the Franklin tree. Photo: Laura Blanchard / flickr CC.
Eye - 23 June 2017
From Bartram's botany to a reader's devotion
by Eye
23rd June 2017
Bartram’s botany
An eighteenth century Friends’ botanical adventures have been highlighted by Kew Gardens.
In the autumn edition of Kew magazine Tony Kirkham penned a piece about ‘the Franklin tree’, otherwise known as Franklinia alatamaha. Six of these unusual trees were planted at Kew Gardens last year.
