The Garden Bug: Founder of Botany

By Brenda Weaver

Theophrastus (c. 372-c.287 BC) was a Greek philosopher who is regarded as the founder of botany.

In his two ancient works, Enquiry into Plants and On the Causes of Plants, he covered the descriptions, classifications, distribution, propagation, germination, and cultivation of more than 500 species and varieties of plants.

Source: www.cartage.org

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