THE COTTAGE GARDEN

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November/December 1989
Susan Ervin 
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I like to think of myself as one in this long line of gardeners, appreciating the avid growers who preceded me, and pausing in my work today to plant a different kind of seed by holding out a damask rose for my little one to smell.

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"Walk in," the garden above seems to say. "The phone, the housework — everything else can wait." And take children into the garden. Loving beauty, they'll soon be able to fall like Rosie — a mahogany bergamot from a coreopsis.

FLOWERS AND HERBS FROM COTTAGE GARDEN

SOURCE LIST (MY PERSONAL FAVORITES)

SEEDS

J.L. Hudson
Box 1058 Redwood City, CA 94064
Seeds collected from around the world. Catalog $1.

Nichols Garden Nursery
1190 ME Pacific Hwy.
Albany, OR 97321
Annuals, perennials, herbs, everlastings herbal lawn mix, even a Cottage Scatter Garden Mix. Also has plants.

Park Seed Co.
Cokesbury Rd.
Greenwood, SC 29647
Tends more toward modem hybrids, but has recently added a good new list of rare perennials.

Thompson & Morgan
Box 1308 Jackson, NJ 08527 Suppliers of many species and English flowers; also vines, herbs, and vegetables. The parent company is in England.

Unwins
Box 9
Farmingdale, NJ 07727
Another American branch of an English company.
Offers mostly annuals.

ROSES

Heritage Rose Gardens
40350 Wilderness Rd.
Branscomb, CA 95417
Shrubs, species and heirloom roses.

Historical Roses
1657 W. Jackson St.
Painesville, OH 44077
Shrubs, heirloom and climbing roses.

Roses of Yesterday and Today
802 Brown's Valley Rd.
Watsonville, CA 95076
Many antique roses and carefully selected modem roses to blend in. Catalog $3.

PERENNIALS AND HERBS

Bluestone Perennials
7211 Middle Ridge Rd.
Madison, OH 44057
Small, less expensive plants; large selection.

Holbrook Farm and Nursery
Rte. 2, Box 223H
Fletcher, NC 28732
Carefully selected perennials, herbs, wildflowers, and bulbs. Catalog $2.

Sexton Nursery
23340H Doane Creek Rd.
Sheridan, OR 97378
Perennials and wildflowers. Catalog $1

SHRUBS

Boyd's Nursery
Box 71
McMinnville, TN 37110
Very inexpensive service for bulk and hedge plants.

Forest Farm
990 Tetherow Rd.
Williams, OR 97544
Containcrized inexpensive plants; a huge selection of native&, species, dwarfs, perennials, herbs, and species roses. My favorite nursery. Catalog $1.

Henry Field's Sea and Nursery Co.
Shenandoah,IA 51602
A good general nursery for ornament shrubbery and perennials, as well as fruits and berries. Inexpensive and reliable.

Wayside Gardens
1 Garden Ln.
Hodges, SC 29695
Costly but exciting selection of beautiful shrubs, perennials, garden trees, and roses. Catalog $ 1.

Woodlanders
1128 Colleton Ave.
Aiken, S.C. 29801
Unusual native and species plants, Catalog $1.50,

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