EH Wilson Mimosa Tree.
Ernest Henry "Chinese" Wilson was a man on a mission. Specifically, that mission was to collect plant specimens for the Arnold Arboretum in Boston, MA. in the early 1900s. He is responsible for the introduction of thousands of plant species from the Far East to the West.
On one particular visit to Korea in 1918, he was staying at a small hotel and fell in love with a tree in the courtyard. He collected a few seeds and sent them back to Boston. It would be almost... - EH Wilson Mimosa Tree.