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The long sunny days of summer are made joyous by the songs of birds who come to our gardens, but now, with cool nights and tints of autumn color in

Most likely, you will never have to worry about insect pests or diseases attacking your African violets.  Culturally healthy, well-grown houseplants can resist most plant enemies and will continue to

It makes little difference what your profession is regarding a capacity for enjoying greenhouse gardening.  It’s no hindrance, however, if that profession just happens to take you on periodic expeditions

Do you like to be among the first to have new and unusual plants? I do.  And in satisfying my natural curiosity in the latest introductions, I have found some

Everyone who grows begonias knows their fascination. Sooner or later, even the beginner becomes a collector.  For almost invariably, a first acquaintance with the handsome foliage of one species or

Although the literature is abundant about the earthworm, Lumbricus terrestris, some evidence of popular fallacy exists over the true scope of earthworm activity.  L. terreeiris is only one of several

The formosanum lily, when well-grown, is one of the most highly appreciated of our hardy garden lilies.  Its graceful, trumpet like flower is sometimes pure white but more often shaded

The regal lily comes from a small, bleak, rocky, windswept valley in western China. It grows in the narrow, semi-arid valley of the Min River and is native to an

The spell of early springtime- flounced by the first mild warmth, succeeding a long, gray, cold, and dull winter, drives us all into the garden.  There, in the most unexpected