How cherry tree popularity blossomed in US
Wednesday, April 10, 2013 - 17:00
in Mathematics & Economics
By Elizabeth HowellLiveScienceThe pink cherry blossoms that explode into bloom every spring in Washington, D.C., are famous around the country, flowering due to a courtesy gift from Japan more than a century ago. But one of the first attempts to send the flowers over to the capital didn't go so well.A few seeds did make their way into the United States before the Japanese sent thousands in the 190...