The Promise of Seeds: Magic in a Packet

I learned some interesting new things from this memoir of the seed trade. Brill is an entertaining writer who switches from high-falutin&...

Spring 2017: They are on their way! Tulips, tulips and more tulips!        John Lewis Childs knew how to design a catalog cover.  I ca...

Y ou can drown in the color in John Lewis Childs' lithos of his flowers. 

A deliciously thorough listing and description of 85 lettuces grown and evaluated at the New York Agricultural Station in 1885.  Reading t...