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Elbert Green Hubbard
Burpee Seed Company It’s the birthday of Elbert Green Hubbard born on this day in 1856. He was a writer, artist, and philosopher. Among Hubbard’s many publications, with the piece, he wrote about the founder of the Burpee Seed Company called, “The business of distributing flower seeds.” It was Elbert Hubbard who gave…
Read MoreJune 19, 2019 Iris, Joseph Banks, Pierre-Joseph Redouté, Theodore Payne, Elbert Green Hubbard, James Matthew Barrie, Reader’s Digest New Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, and New Work Gloves
Irises are in full bloom right now. Although there are around 300 species of iris, Bearded Iris and Siberian Iris are two of the most common types of irises grown. Iris takes its name from the Greek word for a rainbow. During the Middle Ages, irises were linked to the French monarchy, and the fleur-de-lis…
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