The Promise of Seeds: Magic in a Packet

Library of Congress image -   Hollyhocks. Vincennes, Indiana, July 1941 This James Vick catalog from 1872 only offers one v...

I t seems seedsman B. K. Bliss has a more casual attitude towards hollyhocks!  The contents of his packet of the Extra Fine Mix leave...

A merican Impressionists liked hollyhocks.  Hollyhocks lend themselves nicely to dabs and daubs. Childe Hassam did them proud. Celia Th...

T hese hollyhock names are charming in their plainness or pretension. "30 Splendid New Varieties"

The following article is from  The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and Improvements in Rural Affairs , Vol...

It was harder to find what I wanted in the seed catalog archives so I am buying some hollyhock time with these bits of hollyhock ephemera!...

Arents Cigarette Card 1895-1900 "Floral beauties and language of flowers" NYPL Digital Gallery I've always wanted hug...