The Promise of Seeds: Magic in a Packet

This article is an overview from the standpoint of a writer in 1900. DEVELOPMENT OF THE SEED CATALOGUE. Along with the reaching ...

You might like this blog if you are interested in seed catalogs!   Go to  Wings of Whimsey for seed catalog borders for your own phot...

I welcomed this article from 1900 as an organizer of my blog's topics.  Just the mention of how the Civil War effected seed trade (not ...

I knew I would forget to post this on time!!  

William Wilcox Barnard appears to have a business minded man who found his way into the seed business through his office skills,  rath...

This lithographed cover from W. W. Barnard & Co. caught my eye once before.  This time I want to share close-ups of the lithographic d...

World War I (The War to End All Wars) had stretched food supplies, especially in Europe.  By planting home gardens women were doing th...