Biology
- Gorse naturalised in New Zealand and soon becomes the worst invasive weed.
- Swiss botanist Simon Schwendener proposes his dual theory of lichens.
- Rosa 'La France', the first Hybrid Tea rose, is cultivated by Jean-Baptiste Guillot.
- The Big Trees Ranch at Felton, California, is bought by San Francisco businessman Joseph Warren Welch to preserve the giant redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens) from logging.
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