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Delightful things named after William Fraser Tolmie
Wow, what an interesting set of things that were named after him.
What got me going on this theme was discovering large numbers of Calochortis Tolmiei on a ridge above our property:
This species was named for the botanist, fur trader, surgeon, and politician William Fraser Tolmie:
His son, Simon Fraser Tolmie, was the 21st premier of British Columbia:
Woof.
He also gave us the generic name for the piggyback plant, Tolmiea menziesii, which is the first plant I ever cultivated. So I have a certain romantic attachment to it. Here's a photo I took of one in Stanley Park in April, 2010:
He discovered a new saxifrage near Mt. Ranier, Saxifraga tolmiei:
At the time, this was a new species in a group of saxifrages I happen to find completely adorable. I once collected some specimens of a very similar species from Vancouver Island and grew them in pots with great success.
Finally, there is Tolmie Street, in Vancouver, where I have never set foot. But from the looks of it on Google, it's a lovely neighborhood.
That's quite an aesthetically pleasing legacy, don't you think?
What got me going on this theme was discovering large numbers of Calochortis Tolmiei on a ridge above our property:
This species was named for the botanist, fur trader, surgeon, and politician William Fraser Tolmie:
His son, Simon Fraser Tolmie, was the 21st premier of British Columbia:
Woof.
He also gave us the generic name for the piggyback plant, Tolmiea menziesii, which is the first plant I ever cultivated. So I have a certain romantic attachment to it. Here's a photo I took of one in Stanley Park in April, 2010:
He discovered a new saxifrage near Mt. Ranier, Saxifraga tolmiei:
At the time, this was a new species in a group of saxifrages I happen to find completely adorable. I once collected some specimens of a very similar species from Vancouver Island and grew them in pots with great success.
Finally, there is Tolmie Street, in Vancouver, where I have never set foot. But from the looks of it on Google, it's a lovely neighborhood.
That's quite an aesthetically pleasing legacy, don't you think?
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Nice pics of plants.
When are you coming up here again? We gotta go for a drink.
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-Tony