Timing is everything
May 19, 2020
2 minutes
N last week’s (16 May) I wrote about Gilbert White, a gardener and naturalist who observed living creatures in the mid-18th century. In those days most learned men examined dead animals in order to learn about them. Gilbert White wrote about his garden and the crops he grew, and he observed the wildlife and wildflowers all about him. His observations influenced has never been out of print.
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