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Dazzling Dahlias – 12 in a series – Dahlia ‘Fur Elise’ via Longwood Gardens

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The flowers of dahlia Fur Elise fit this color profile and have all the tropical warmth of a perfectly ripe mango. They are a classic, decorative dahlia shape and measure 3 to 4″ across — the ideal size for mixed arrangements. Combined with burgundy and purple it’s a definite wow.

 

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Historical Seed Catalogs: 1916 seed catalog by Mills Seed Company (1916) – 45 in a series

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Historical Seed Catalogs: 1916 seed catalog by Mills Seed Company (1916) – 45 in a series

The image is a vintage seed catalog cover from 1916, featuring the Mills Seed Co. from Washington, Iowa. The cover prominently displays large illustrations of various vegetables, including a red radish, a red tomato, and an ear of corn. The radish is labeled "Mills Earliest Radish," priced at 5¢ per packet or 12¢ for three packets. The tomato is labeled "Mills Mammoth Prize Tomato," priced at 5¢ per packet or 12¢ for three packets. The corn is labeled "First of All Sweet Corn," priced at 5¢ per large packet or 12¢ for three packets. The background features a pastoral scene with rolling hills and a river. The text on the cover also includes "New York Head Lettuce" priced at 5¢ per packet or 12¢ for three packets, and a statement about "Northern Grown Seeds" being the hardest and best for all purposes. The catalog is dated March 3, 1916, and includes a library stamp with the date July 16, 1923. Provided by @altbot, generated privately and locally using Ovis2-8B

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OUR GREETING- TO YOU THIS SEASON OF 1916 brings within your reach the largest and finest assortment that we have ever offered in things that grow for people’s nse. Whether grains, vegetables or small fruits, or whether it be the decorative and artistic, such as lawn grass, flowering shrubs, plants or vines, both for growing’ outside in the sunshine and rain, or for grow- ing inside to impart an air of warmth and cheer during the winter months while the rest of nature is asleep, we are prepared to furnish at reasonable prices and no house can give better service than we are prepared to give.

TO SHOW YOU THE FROFIT FROM A “MILLS” GARDEN, we are permitted to quote the following unsolicited letter from a customer:

Mills Seed Co., Washington, Iowa.

Gentlemen: I have used your seeds for four years

and have had the greatest success. Last year I raised
a large garden for my own use and also sold over $100.00
worth. I recommend “Mills” seeds to any one wanting
good fertile seeds. Yours truly,

MRS. WILLIAM KELLOGG, Brayton, S. Dak.

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From Gardening Don’ts (1913) by M.C. 04

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DON’T, when invited to inspect a friend’s horticultural efforts, enlarge the whole time on the beauties of someone else’s garden that they have never seen.

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Historical Garden Books – 56 in a series – The rescue of an old place (c.1892) by Mary Caroline (Pike) Robbins

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Historical Garden Books – 56 in a series – The rescue of an old place (c.1892) by Mary Caroline (Pike) Robbins

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IN the very heart of old New England towns there may often be seen some dilapidated house falling into ruins, surrounded by half-dead fruit-trees and straggling shrubs, while an adjacent garden, once productive and blooming, runs to waste beside it. Its gates are off the hinges, the fences falling to pieces, the hedges untrimmed, the flower-beds smothered in weeds; coarse burdocks and rampant wild vines encumber the ground and run over into the highway, the trim paths have disappeared, the out-houses are toppling over : forlornness and abandonment speak in every line of the decaying house, the former gentility of which renders its decline still more melancholy.


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Captivating Cactus and Striking Succulents: 11 in a series – Opuntia Transplant In My Garden

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Prickly-Pear Cactus (Opuntia)

Captivating Cactus and Striking Succulents: 11 in a series - Opuntia Transplant In My Garden

A couple of years ago I was able to take several paddles from a neighbor’s prickly Pear cactus. All five of these petals have grown into healthy, new, large plants.

Now I am taking the time to transplant them into the garden from the pots where they had been growing. Two of them are in including this one with three yet to go. in this bed, I moved out three roses that were suffering from the increased shade of the mature trees and move them to the front garden.

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Historical Seed Catalogs: Maynard plum catalogue by Oregon Nursery Co (1904) – 44 in a series

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Historical Seed Catalogs: Maynard plum catalogue by Oregon Nursery Co (1904) – 44 in a series

The image is a vintage advertisement for the Maynard Plum Catalogue. The background is a faded yellow with ornate red and brown decorative elements framing the central image. The title "MAYNARD Plum Catalogue" is prominently displayed at the top in large, bold letters. In the center, there is a photograph of a man standing next to a large basket filled with ripe, purple plums. The man is dressed in a brown suit and hat, typical of early 20th-century attire. He is positioned in front of a plum tree, with lush green leaves and a clear sky in the background. Text on the left side reads "THE GREAT ORIGINATOR LUTHER BURBANK," and on the right side, "AND HIS GRAND PLUM MAYNARD." Below the image, additional text states, "TWO YEAR OLD TREES OF MAYNARD PLUM, A BASKET OF RIPE FRUIT AND LUTHER BURBANK, THE ORIGINATOR, IN THE BACKGROUND." Further text at the bottom credits Dr. L. H. Bailey, describing Luther Burbank as "a genius" and an honor to California. Provided by @altbot, generated privately and locally using Ovis2-8B

Historical Seed Catalogs: Maynard plum catalogue by Oregon Nursery Co (1904) - 44 in a series

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INTRODUCTION.

WE HAVE BEEN HONORED with a commission from Luther Burbank, of Santa Rosa, California, and have accepted the work of propagating for, and introducing to the Horticultural Public his grand new plum — Maynard, and appeal to all lovers of good fruits to help us in the introduction and dissemination of this his latest and greatest effort. Mr. Burbank 1 as done more than any other living man in the introduction of new and valuable varieties of fruits and flowers, and he is still working away, and no doubt will bring forth from nature’s store-house many more valuable varieties, that in turn will stimulate coming gener- ations to plant and care for trees and flowers that will increase the world’s wealth and add pleasure and happiness to the homes of millions of people yet unborn.

The Maynard Plum is sent out by Mr. Burbank with the assurance that it surpasses in quality and beauty of fruit any plum heretofore introduced. We bespeak for the Maynard, through the hearty co-operation of fruit-growers everywhere, such a sale as Mr. Burbank* s best efforts so richly deserve and merit. The many testimonials received by Mr. Burbank from eminent authorities throughout the country easily give the Maynard first place amongst the best varieties of plums.

We are introducing the Maynard under a contract that gives to Mr. Burbank a royalty on each tree sold, and all will concede that he has well earned by his long years of toil in the origination of new fruits and flowers all that will come to him in honor and money from the sale of this new plum.

OREGON NURSERY COMPANY, Lmt’d.

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Dazzling Dahlias – 11 in a series – How to overwinter your dahlia plants via Daily Herald

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When I first saw this question, I was kind of bummed. Most years I plant dahlias but this year I did not and I missed their bright colorful display in my garden. In the Midwest, we consider dahlias to be tender perennials, meaning they won’t survive our sometimes harsh cold winters if left outdoors.

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From Gardening Don'ts (1913) by M.C. 03

DON’T talk much about
your garden when you
take friends round ; they come
to tell you about theirs.

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Historical Garden Books – 55 in a series – A garden with house attached (1904) by Sarah Warner Brooks

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Historical Garden Books:- 55 in a series - A garden with house attached (1904 by Sarah Warner BrooksHistorical Garden Books:- 55 in a series - A garden with house attached (1904 by Sarah Warner Brooks

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A GARDEN WITH HOUSE ATTACHED

CHAPTER I

‘A Garden with House Attached’

WHEN, by an unlooked-for sequence of events, I became manager of “The Garden with House Attached” (as an Important preliminary) along with “The Third Son” * I went over from Cambridge to take account of its possibilities. And here be it stated that from the time of his first trousers ” The Third Son ” had been my assistant gardener; and in all my horticultural enterprises, might still be counted in as ” aider and abettor.”

“Mother,” said this astute young person — on our return from this inspection — “It is a big job; but there is yet another week of my vacation. Let us make a beginning.”


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