Introduction
Planting the Seeds
Native Agriculture and Plant Use
Canadian Flora
Pioneer Gardening
19th Century Seed Catalogues
Cultivating the Garden
The Cultivators
Reaping the Harvest
Bibliography
Photos by Beth Powning
Other Gardening Sites
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Planting the Seeds
19th-Century Seed Catalogues
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Steele Briggs Seed Co. Ltd., Toronto, Ontario, 1896. |
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Geo. Carter & Cos., Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, 1902. |
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Illustrated Catalogue of American Hardware of the Russell and Erwin Manufacturing Company.
(1980 reprint, The American Association for the Preservation of Technology.) |
Bellevue House in Kingston, where Sir John A. Macdonald lived for some years, is now a museum where 19th-century gardens are maintained and the gardener works in authentic boots and hat of the period.
(Photo courtesy of the Superintendent, Bellevue House.) |
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