Sorry, I'm just picking up this horticultural thread. How is it possible
that only red geraniums were available in 1910, when gardens, garden tours,
garden follies, garden fantasies, garden everything was the absolute rage? I
have seen museum collection photos of residences showing acres of
staggeringly tall lilies, brilliant cannas, all kinds of oriental flowering
trees and shrubs, tropical flowers, orangeries, oh you name it. Go forth to
your local garden club or arboretum and do some research, look at their
scrapbooks, chat with their old-timers and you will be overwhelmed with
flowers, all of which were grown in some context, indoors or out in that
Edwardian period. Garden enthusiasts traveled the globe exchanging seeds and
kept up correspondence about it. A northwest source is the Edward Dunn
Historic Garden Trust in Seattle, also the Seattle Arboretum and Seattle
Garden Club.

Micki Ryan
Curator
Highline Historical Society

Behalf Of Laurel Spencer-Forsythe
Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 8:11 AM
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Subject: Re: 1910 "period" flowers


I'd like to tap the historic horticultural knowledge base of the list:

Is it true that only red geraniums were available in 1910?

Can you direct me to some sources for research on c. 1910 flowers?

If you want to reach me off list, I'm at [log in to unmask]

Many thanks,
Laurel

Laurel Spencer Forsythe
Executive Director
Ruthmere
Elkhart, IN 46514
(574)264-0330

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