Author: Miss Cellania / Source: Neatorama
An erstwhile German horticultural magazine, Möllers Deutsche Garten-Zeitung (“Möller’s German Garden Newspaper”), was a monthly publication that contained gardening tips and science articles about the plants of the world. They celebrated the first April Fool’s Day of the 20th century in style, by peppering their April 1900 issue with fake articles featuring fake plants and fake gardening techniques, most of which were fairly obvious to regular readers.
There was a “tree strawberry,” which towered over would-be snackers. There was a trumpet that could kill all insects in its vicinity with a single blast. And then there was Echinocereus dahliaeflorus, a cactus covered in sharp flowers. According to the text, the…
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