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Fall/Winter 2019
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Garden Plant of the Week
Selected from the many species in, or historical to, the Garden.
Jack Pine
Pinus banksiana Lamb.
Link on name goes to more information and photos of this plant.
A Seasonal Poem
There's a patch of old snow in a corner
That I should have guessed
Was a blow-away paper the rain
Had brought to rest.
It is speckled with grime as if
Small print overspread it,
The news of a day I've forgotten--
If I ever read it.
A Patch of Old Snow by
Robert Frost (1874 - 1963)
Reflections
"Wearied by winter’s drab and somber tone, this weathered look is soon erased when the sun mounts in the sky and we are again safe through the winter storms. Any day now there will be a whisper of spring in the wind and another winter has blown itself out"
Martha Crone, former Garden Curator from The Fringed Gentian™, 1961
Garden theme items for sale
Downloadable PDF format books.
1907-1933. Companion book to The Wild Gardener
Martha Crone and the Wild Flower Garden
1933-1958. Companion book to the Crone History
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