Tidbits, Treasures, and Thanks

A few tidbits and treasures suitable for a Thursday morning.

I'd like to thank Mary Ann of Gardens of the Wild, Wild West for recommending that I obtain a copy of Grandmother's Garden: The Old-Fashioned American Garden 1865 - 1915 by May Brawley Hill (New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1995).  This book is a treasure of old photographs and paintings and insight into the gardens of days gone by.