Quote of the day
From too much love of living,
From hope and fear set free,
We thank with brief thanksgiving
Whatever gods may be
That no life lives for ever,
That dead men rise up never;
That even the weariest river
Winds somewhere safe to sea.
Shirley Hibberd

Born: 1825
Died: 1890 (aged 65)
Bio: James Shirley Hibberd was one of the most popular and successful gardening writers of the Victorian era. He was a best-selling editor of three gardening magazines, including Amateur Gardening, the only nineteenth century gardening magazine still being published today.
Known for:
- Familiar garden flowers (1879)
- Rustic Adornments for Homes of Taste (1856)
- The Rose Book (1864)






