The Promise of Seeds: Magic in a Packet

T here is nothing like a good obit to fill you in quickly on a person's life.  Bateham seems a good horticulturist who did a great dea...

I somehow became entangled in the story of a seed store as it traveled through time and the hands of many men.  It isn't that...

plantillustrations.org W illiam Wilson's glee in developing a new variety of Matthiola incana, the garden flower  Stock is catchin...

T his joyous nasturtium catalog cover is a fitting memorial to a fine seedsman.   It is always interesting to get a glimpse of the indiv...

Michael Floy was a good businessman, a good writer, a good seedsman and nurseryman, who lived a good and prosperous life.  Following...

I was digging for the Boston seedsman M. B. Faxon on the web tonight when an ad on the following page caught my eye.  I am such a sucker...