Message text written by Frank Evans
Flora's Dial. A fanciful dial formed of flowers which open or close at
the various hours. Can anyone throw light on this?
Hi Frank. This principle is mentioned in a short (anonymous) article in
BSS Bulletin 91.3 (October 1991) page 4. It is entitled Flower
Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778) a Swedish botanist, physician and
zoologist, the most renowned botanist of his time, is best remembered
for his development of the binomial system of nomenclature, but he
also wrote and lectured on many other topics. One of his
observations, mentioned in
