The Promise of Seeds: Magic in a Packet

A. T. Cook  was an enthusiastic promoter of his seeds and plants.    P. T. Barnum,  self-proclaimed “Prince of Humbugs”,  comes to mi...

I was thinking about vines for cooling houses after looking at A. T. Cooks colorful lithograph of a vine covered home. This story caught m...

What is leptosiphon? V ick's Illustrated Monthly Magazine and Floral Guide had these border suggestions for the 1887 gardens. ...

Miss MacDonnell appears to be a formidable woman of many interests, including horticulture and beekeeping.  I first encountered her in t...

I was just tucking some more pansies into large pot when I noticed a  lovely yellow one growing in the ground nearby, from last yea...

C all me an old fuddy-duddy, but I love the way this is written. I came across Mr. Love when the I learned that 19th century pansy mavin Pe...