When Windows Were Taxed: The Dark Days Before Garden Views

Southwood Smith

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. April 1, 1851 On this day, a most curious note was dispatched to one Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward—yes, the very same gentleman whose name adorns those marvelous glass contraptions in which we now transport…

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