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A person cannot love a plant after he has pruned it, then he has either done a poor job or is devoid of emotion.

Liberty Hyde Bailey

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Liberty Hyde Bailey
Age: 96 †
Born: 1858
Born: March 15
Died: 1954
Died: December 25
Botanist
Horticulturist
Pteridologist
Writer
Ithica
New York
L.H.Bailey
Liberty H. Bailey
L. H. Bailey
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