William Lanier Hunt, horticulturist, writer, member of the RHS

**"Lawrence F. London, Jr." l*@intrex.net**

I am curious if anyone here has ever heard of the late William Lanier Hunt, of Chapel Hill, N.C.
who donated a significant portion of the land now occupied by the North Carolina Botanical Garden at UNC.
He was a professional horticulturist (worked for the DoD during WW2 solving turf problems at airfields
in the US), author of several books, gardener (specialized in cyclamens), newspaper garden column writer and travelling 
garden club lecturer (as Alan Chadwick did). He was born in Greensboro NC, the son of a landscape nurseryman, and was a 
distant relative of mine. During the 16 years I was a landscape designer and contractor he was an inspiration and 
guiding light for me as, in a greater way, he was for many botany students at UNC and for those who started and 
developed the NC Botanical Garden. He was a member of the Royal Horticultural Society and started a horticulture 
curriculum at Sandhills Community College, Southern Pines, NC, patterned after a similar course of study sponsored by 
the RHS in England. He knew Elizabeth Lawrence and Vida Sackville-West and wrote a popular book entitled "Southern 
Gardens, Southern Gardeners". If only some motivated and pursuasive person would convince the Durham Morning Herald that 
releasing the complete archive of his gardening columns for publication in book form would be a worthwhile venture.

Lawrence London
Venaura Farm
Chapel Hill, N.C.

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