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#December 31, 1894
#OTD Susan #FenimoreCooper, American #Naturalist & #Writer, died.

Her #Journal, #Rural Hours (1850), #Celebrates the #Biodiversity of #Otsego Cty, #NewYork.

After reading it, #Darwin, wrote #Harvard's #AsaGray to ask,
#WhoIsShe?

She wrote,

"We #Admire the #Strange & #Brilliant #Plant of the #Greenhouse,
but we #Love most the #Simple #Flowers we have loved of old,
which have bloomed many a #Spring,
through #Rain & #Sunshine,
on our #Native #Soil."

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