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22 March World Water Day!
From the history of „water martyrs”
The Hummel Statue commemorates the profession of water carriers of Hamburg. His first tatue
was erected on the 18th March 1938 on the corner Rademachergang and Breiter Gang. Hummel was called by the contemporary media “the first victim” of William Lindley’s modern water supply system for
Hamburg...
John Lindley (1799-1865)
The English botanist John Lindley (1799-1865) was the first botanist, who took a classification of orchids in hand and he is deemed to be the father of the science of orchids. In 1822 Lindley became assistent secretary of the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS). He had to identify the plants, which has been sent to the RHS from collectors around the world. The Gardeners Chronicle, a gardener magazin, founded by Lindley amongst others, should become the most important plattform for the science of orchids this time. In his days, John Lindley was the most important expert on orchids in Europe. Unfortunately he is not one of “our Lindleys”…