The Promise of Seeds: Magic in a Packet

About thirty-five years ago, pre-internet, I got  the three volume set of Liberty Hyde Bailey's  The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticultu...

H ere are some asters that look more like the popular varieties in the 19th century.  The needle aster to the left is from Seed Empire in...

The other day I went to the market for soy milk and came away with a huge pot of asters.  The flowers are small, white, and dark cente...

"Autumn now wears her crown of dahlias, with as much pride as Summer her wreath of roses..." 1833 - The Gentleman's Magazi...

In 1898,  Claude Monet  designed a  porcelain dinner service for his own use in his house at Giverny.   He loved a good yel...

Teeny, tiny printed worlds  are so appealing to very nearsighted children.  I remember slipping into the engravings on stamps, back when s...