Victorian flower fascination continues. Victorians loved their flowers. The showier, the brighter, the better. So argues Nicolette Scourse in her book The Victorians and their Flowers. The basis of that devotion to flowers stems from the view that flowers express…
Victorian seedsman taught love of flowers. His magazine Vick's Illustrated Monthly provided the nineteenth century seedsman James Vick (1818-1882) a chance to instruct and encourage his customers. He often published letters from his customers both in the catalog and in…
Victorians Thought Weeds a Result of Adam's Fall You know weeds are a problem for every gardener. The nineteenth century Victorians who considered cultivating flowers a reflection of the Garden of Eden in the Book of Genesis had their own…
In the nineteenth century growing flowers meant much more than a hobby, especially for women. Victorian women grew flowers because it was the moral thing to do. Growing flowers, in fact, became itself a lesson in morality. Nicolette Scourse in…