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Thomas Jefferson Encyclopedia
Agriculture and Gardening
These articles relate to Thomas Jefferson's agricultural work and gardening. Two excellent primary sources for information on Jefferson's farming and gardening activities are the digital facsimiles of the manuscripts compiled by Jefferson throughout his life time, his Farm Book and his Garden book. 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 See selected sources on farming and agriculture in the Thomas Jefferson Portal See selected sources on gardening and flowers in the Thomas Jefferson PortalSubcategories
Articles
- Anthony Giannini
- Aquilegia vulgaris plena - Double Flowered European Columbine
- Beautyberry
- Bees and Honey
- Bernard McMahon
- Cocke, John Hartwell
- Cotton
- Crops at Monticello
- Dogs
- Fences
- Garden Club of Virginia
- Giannini, Anthony
- Greenhouses
- Hessian Fly
- Hops
- Humulus lupulus - Hops
- Insects
- Insects
- Italian Influence at Monticello
- Italian Influence in the Monticello Orchard
- Lewis and Clark Plants at Monticello
- Madame de Tessé
- Massie, Charles
- Mazzei, Philip
- Momordica balsamina - Balsam Apple
- Momordica charantia - Balsam Pear
- Mullins, Anthony
- Oval Flower Beds
- Plowing
- Prunus glandulosa - Dwarf Flowering Almond
- Quotations On Agriculture
- Quotations on Gardens and Gardening
- Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel
- Rice
- Sheep
- Southeast Piazza (Greenhouse)
- Sweet Basil
- Toxicodendron radicans - Poison Ivy
- Weevils
- Winding Flower Border
- Young Gardener (Quotation)