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What I’m Reading: The Garden Book of California (1906) – 4 in a series – “…the son of a poor country clergyman who had a small flower garden…”

By Alexander Roslin – Nationalmuseum, Public Domain “Linnaeus, the renowned Swedish botanist, was the son of a poor country clergyman who had a small flower garden in which he cultivated Continue Reading

Posted On : August 12, 2019 Published By : Douglas E. Welch
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  • Cactus
  • Garden History
  • History
  • Plants
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What I’m Reading: The Garden Book of California (1906) – 3 in a series – “…I wish to make a plea for a decorative plant too little used: the cactus.”

This new series is an ongoing collection of quotes from the books I am currently reading. — Douglas See more cactus pictures and posts on A Gardener’s Notebook ”And now Continue Reading

Posted On : August 11, 2019 Published By : Douglas E. Welch
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  • Art
  • Cactus
  • Flowers
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  • History
  • Nature/Outdoors
  • Plants
  • Succulents

Queen Of The Night Cactus (ca 1900) via Internet Archive

Queen Of The Night Cactus (ca 1900) via Internet Archive Beautiful historic image https://archive.org/details/queenofthenightcactus  and Follow Join A Gardener’s Notebook on Facebook Don’t miss a single post! Sign up for Continue Reading

Posted On : August 10, 2019 Published By : Douglas E. Welch
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  • Education
  • Flowers
  • Garden Decor
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  • Plants

Historical Seed Catalogs: A few choice seeds and plants worthy of general culture (1898) – 31 in a series

Archive.org has a host of old seed catalogs (from mid-19th to mid-20th Century) available in many formats and on a host of topics. I happened across a few in my Continue Reading

Posted On : August 9, 2019 Published By : Douglas E. Welch
Category:
  • Art
  • Books
  • Education
  • Flowers
  • Garden History
  • History
  • Nature/Outdoors
  • Plants

Historical Garden Books: Vick’s magazine (1908) – 43 in a series

Archive.org has a host of old gardening books (from mid-19th to mid-20th Century) available in many formats and on a host of topics. I happened across a few in my Continue Reading

Posted On : August 7, 2019 Published By : Douglas E. Welch
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  • Art
  • Books
  • Education
  • Farm
  • Flowers
  • Garden History
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Historical Seed Catalogs: Park’s floral guide (1906) – 30 in a series

Archive.org has a host of old seed catalogs (from mid-19th to mid-20th Century) available in many formats and on a host of topics. I happened across a few in my Continue Reading

Posted On : August 2, 2019 Published By : Douglas E. Welch
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  • Art
  • Design
  • Flowers
  • Garden History
  • History
  • Nature/Outdoors
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Illustration Plate From Historical Garden Book via Instagram

Illustration Plate From Historical Garden Book One of the many excellent pieces of are I come across as I browse through historical garden books.  and Follow Join A Gardener’s Notebook Continue Reading

Posted On : July 31, 2019 Published By : Douglas E. Welch
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  • Flowers
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Historical Garden Books: A little garden calendar for boys and girls by Albert Bigelow Paine (1905) – 42 in a series

Archive.org has a host of old gardening books (from mid-19th to mid-20th Century) available in many formats and on a host of topics. I happened across a few in my Continue Reading

Posted On : July 30, 2019 Published By : Douglas E. Welch
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What I’m Reading: The Garden Book of California (1906) – 2 in a series – …more sustaining than the philosophies of any new thought.

This new series is an ongoing collection of quotes from the books I am currently reading. — Douglas Read this for FREE at Archive.org ”I believe from the bottom of Continue Reading

Posted On : July 30, 2019 Published By : Douglas E. Welch
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  • Garden History
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  • Quotes
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What I’m Reading: The Garden Book of California (1906) – 1 in a series

This new series is an ongoing collection of quotes from the books I am currently reading. — Douglas Read this for FREE at Archive.org ”For the citybred man a half-hour Continue Reading

Posted On : July 29, 2019 Published By : Douglas E. Welch

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