Agriculture & Gardening
In addition to the articles provided here, the digital facsimiles of the manuscripts compiled by Thomas Jefferson throughout his lifetime - his Farm Book and his Garden book - are two excellent sources of information regarding his interests in farming, botany, gardening and agriculture. These documents, owned by the Massachusetts Historical Society, have been transcribed and the entire contents are keyword searchable along with excellent quality digital facsimiles of the manuscript pages.
RELATED SEARCHES IN THE JEFFERSON PORTAL
· Selected sources on farming and agriculture in the Thomas Jefferson Portal
· Selected sources on gardening and flowers in the Thomas Jefferson Portal
- Acer saccharum - Sugar Maple
- Amaranthus tricolor - Joseph's Coat
- Anthony Giannini
- Aquilegia canadensis - Native Columbine .
- Aquilegia vulgaris ‘plena’ - Double-Flowered European Columbine
- Artemisia dracanculus sativa - French Tarragon
- Aruncus dioicus - Goat's Beard
- Asarum canadense - Wild Ginger
- Baptisia australis - Blue False Indigo
- Bees and Honey
- Bellamcanda chinensis - Blackberry Lily
- Bernard McMahon
- Callicarpa americana - Beautyberry
- Calopogon tuberosus - Pink Bog Orchid
- Cattle
- Cedrus libani - Cedar of Lebanon
- Charles Massie
- Cherries
- Cimicifuga racemosa - Black Cohosh
- Convallaria majalis - Lily of the Valley
- Cornus Mas - Cornelian Cherry
- Costoluto Genovese Tomato
- Cotton
- Crataegus phaenopyrum - Washington Hawthorn
- Crops at Monticello
- Cytisus scoparius - Scotch Broom
- Delphinium elatum - Bee Larkspur
- Dianthus Chinensis - China Pinks
- Dianthus cv. - Single Laced Pinks
- Dionaea muscipula - Venus Flytrap
- Dogs
- Dolichos lablab - Hyacinth Bean
- Drury Wood
- Echinacea purpurea - Purple Coneflower
- Erysimum cheiri cv. - Paris Market Wallflower
- Erysimum x allionii cv. - Siberian Wallflower
- Eschscholzia californica - California Poppy
- Euonymus americana - Strawberry Bush
- Eupatorium cœlestinum - Hardy Mist Flower
- Eupatorium purpureum - Joe-Pye Weed
- Fagus sylvatica Atropunicea - European Copper Beech
- Farm Book
- Fences
- Ficus carica cv. - Angelique Fig
- Ficus carica cv. - Marseilles Fig
- Fragaria moschata - Hautbois Strawberry
- Fragaria vesca - Alpine Strawberry
- Free Workmen
- Gabriel Lilly
- Garden Book
- Garden Club of Virginia
- Garden Pavilion
- George Divers
- Ginkgo biloba
- Great Red Hibiscus Hibiscus coccineus
- Greenhouse - Southeast Piazza
- Greenhouses
- Helianthus angustifolius - Swamp Sunflower
- Heliotropium arborescens - Heliotrope
- Hemp
- Herbs
- Hessian Fly
- Humulus lupulus - Hops
- Insects
- Ipomoea quamoclit - Cypress Vine
- Italian Influence in the Monticello Orchard
- Jeffersonia diphylla - Twinleaf
- John Bartram and Bartram's Garden
- John Hartwell Cocke
- Jupiter Evans
- Lantana camara - Lantana
- Lego
- Lewis and Clark Plants at Monticello
- Lilium canadense - Canada Lily
- Liriodendron tulipfera - Tulip Poplar
- Lobelia cardinalis - Cardinal Flower
- Lychnis coronaria - Rose Campion
- Madame de Tessé
- Magnolia acuminata - Cucumber Tree
- Malus cv 'Esopus Spitzenburg' - Esopus Spitzenburg
- Malus cv -Roxbury Russet
- Malus cv ‘Hewe's Crab’
- Malus pumila - 'Taliaferro Apple'
- Malus Pumila - Albemarle Pippin
- McMahon's Texas Bird Pepper
- Mertensia virginica - Virginia Bluebell
- Mimosa pudica - Sensitive Plant
- Moldboard Plow
- Momordica balsamina - Balsam Apple
- Momordica charantia - Balsam Pear
- Ocimum Basilicum - Basil
- Origanum majorana - Sweet Marjoram
- Osmunda cinnamomea - Cinnamon Fern
- Oval Flower Beds
- Peaches
- Pelargonium fulgidum hybrid - Scarlet Unique Geranium
- Pelargonium inquinans - Species Geranium
- Pentapetes phoenecia - Scarlet Pentapetes
- Pentapetes phoenicea - Pink Pentapetes
- Petroselinum crispum - Parsley
- Philadelphus coronarius - Mock Orange
- Philadelphus lewisii - Lewis's Mock-orange
- Philip Mazzei
- Phlox subulata - Creeping Phlox
- Plowing
- Primula auricula cv. - Auricula Primrose
- Prunus glandulosa - Dwarf Flowering Almond
- Quotations on Agriculture
- Quotations on Botany
- Rheum rhabarbarum - Rhubarb
- Rhus glabra - Smooth Sumac
- Robert Bailey
- Roofing
- Ruta graveolens - Rue
- Sheep
- Solidago rigida - Prairie Goldenrod
- Solidago speciosa - Showy Goldenrod
- Symphoricarpos albus - Snowberry
- Tarchonanthus camphorates - Sage and Rosemary Tree
- The Lewis & Clark Expedition
- The Vineyards
- Threshing Machine
- Thunbergia alata - Black-eyed Susan Vine
- Thymus Vulgaris - Thyme
- Toxicodendron radicans - Poison Ivy
- Tufton
- Twinleaf: Jefferson's Botanical Namesake
- Upland Rice
- Viburnum opulus 'roseum' - Snowball Bush Viburnum
- Viburnum prunifolium - Black Haw
- Viburnum trilobum - American Cranberry Bush
- Viola pedata - Bird-Foot Violet
- Viola tricolor - Johnny-jump-up
- Water Supply
- Weevils
- William Bartram
- Winding Flower Border
- Wormley Hughes
- Young Gardener