Quote of the day
I went on all over the States, ranting poems to enthusiastic audiences that, the week before, had been equally enthusiastic about lectures on Railway Development or the Modern Turkish Essay.
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)






