Plant collectors brought wonderful new garden plants to England in the nineteenth century. Soon the plants decorated American gardens as well. The verbena and the fuchsia were in that group In Business History Review Cheryl Lyon-Jenness wrote an article entitled…
To sell seeds and plants in the nineteenth century the garden industry had to rely on botanical art to persaude a customer. The commercial botanical artist like Dellon Marcus Dewey (1819-1889) provided colorful illustrations for the plant sales person. When…
Publishing a book during a pandemic has several unique differences from earlier times. One is that everyone in the publisher's office is probably working from home. Another is that it seems to take longer for decisions to be made. That…
