Quote of the day
The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.
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)