William Bartram:
(Kingsessing, Pennsylvania (now Philadelphia), 20 April 1739 – Philadelphia, United States, 22 July 1823).
American naturalist. He was the son of John Bartram, the founder of Bartram’s Garden. Together with his father, he made long journeys across North America to collect plants that they then grew further in their botanical garden. His official abbreviation as an author of plants (especially mosses) and fungi is W. Bartram.
Having contemplated this admirable grove, I proceeded towards the shrubberies on the banks of the river, and though it was now late in December, the aromatic groves appeared in full bloom.
