The Cut Flower Trade, 1885
‘The Cut Flower Trade’ illustration from The American florist: a weekly journal for the trade, in 1885
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A botany lesson in Chatham, 1905
A botany lesson in Chatham, England 1905 Martha knew right from seedling, she had that fire right here…
Presidential Violets, 1900
I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow. – Abraham Lincoln The Violet House section of the White Read More …
Wichita Greenhouse, 1883
Rose and Mueller Greenhouse – Wichita, Kansas 1883 The greenhouse was located at the intersection of Guthrie and High Streets (Guthrie is now known as Hood, High Street may have been in vicinity of present 23rd Street) Read More …
When the White House was Green
“It is necessary to cultivate our garden” – Voltaire White House conservatory earliest photo 1857 (photo taken right after construction, the green house had a wood frame which burnt in a fire in 1867) When the White House Read More …
University of Idaho’s first greenhouse, 1896
“However many years she lived, Mary always felt that ‘she should never forget that first morning when her garden began to grow’.” ― Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden University of Idaho’s first greenhouse, 1896