Quote of the day
War is not its own end, except in some catastrophic slide into absolute damnation. It's peace that's wanted. Some better peace than the one you started with.
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)