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Saturday, May 31, 2014

Speaking of Tiger Lilies...What's In A Name?

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" A s the Chinese name for this lily, it was adopted by Ker Gawler in 1810 as  Lilium tigrinum .  In Japan the name is oniyuri whic...
Friday, May 30, 2014

Extra: A Textile Blog I Follow -Today, Flowers in Textiles

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I enjoy this blog written by textile historian, Margy Norrish.   Today she has a list of books that point you in ways to find out m...

Scarlet Lily Beetles: Know the Enemy - The Definitive Guide to Hand Cleaning Your Lily Patch

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I consider myself a first rate search and destroy machine when it comes to the scarlet lily beetle. Not that they are hard to find.  A ...
Thursday, May 29, 2014

Playing with Moonflowers

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Yesterday's post lured me into having some art fun!  Here are variations on  the Bolgiano moonflower engraving.  These would make lovel...
Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Bolgiano & Son: The Great Catalog Divide - Engravings vs. Photographs

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T he 1903 catalog of J. Bolgiano & Son was straddling the artwork/photograph divide.  Colorful lithographs still deliver the punch...
Tuesday, May 27, 2014

The Panama Canal vs. 97 Feet of the Bolgiano Seed House

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N inety-seven feet of brick wall, in fact, the whole west side of the Bolgiano seed building in 1917, was about to be acquired by eminent d...
Sunday, May 25, 2014

1904 Data Recovery: J. Bolgiano & Son Seed Company's Sad Story

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W ith all the news of hackers infiltrating large businesses and stealing sensitive information I think many of us have forgotten how in the...