People, Plants & Gardens in Colonial British America: Catalogs on Seeds and Plants

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Tuesday, July 7, 2020

19C US Seed Catalog Competition

Everitt Company Catalog of 1892 Cartoon on the competition among seed merchants fishing for customers.

17C Europeans landing onto North America's East Coast coped with unfamiliar weather & geography by creating spaces to meet basic needs for shelter, medicines, & food.

With the additional help of offspring & imported servants & slaves, growing plants in farm fields often became economic enterprises for both local & export exchanges.

In the 18-19C, many gentry transformed the gardens near their homes into artistic displays hoping to project a desired image of themselves to others - their wealth, power, refinement, & beliefs.