The Online Exhibition for The Liberty Hyde Bailey Gardener’s Companion (LHBGC)
“The rapture of life grows as our knowledge grows. It is unnecessary to go to far-away places to see marvels. The mystery is always at our door.” –LHBGC, p. 217
Introduction | Exhibit Homepage | Credits
Sources of tile images, from top-left: 1) “A Home Greenhouse,” in L. H. Bailey, editor, The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture (1900), vol. 3—F-K, second edition, pl. LI, and here. 2) Liberty Hyde Bailey, Sunflower, ca. 1903, cyanotype photograph. Liberty Hyde Bailey Papers, #21-2-3342. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library. Also available online here. 3) “James Vick,” in L. H. Bailey, editor, The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture (1947), edited by L. H. Bailey, fig. 1905, and here. 4) “A free-and-easy planting of things wild and tame,” in L. H. Bailey, Manual of Gardening (1921), fig. 12, and also in LHBGC, p. 45.
Curated by John A. Stempien and John Linstrom,
based on their book The Liberty Hyde Bailey Gardener’s Companion
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