Marigolds Remain the Same after Decades
The marigold has been popular for gardeners for decades. Still has the same look.
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The dahlia has had a long history of being in and out of fashion.
Public relations and the late nineteenth century garden industry
In the late nineteenth century the practice of public relations emerged though it was not called by that name. AT&T created a monopoly for its telephone. The one company owned all the other phone companies scattered around the country. In…
Early 19th Century Farm Journal Fostered Garden Writers
We can learn a great deal about gardening by looking at garden magazines. At the begining of the nineteenth century there was more interest and energy put into farming than cultivating a garden. Nineteenth century garden writers sometimes began their…
Sweet Pea Became Popular Annual for the Garden in Late Nineteenth Century
The sweet pea has long been a garden favorite. We owe its popularity to the seed trade from the late nineteenth century. James Vick (1818-1882), seed merchant from Rochester, New York, was reponsible for putting the sweet pea into the…