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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
- Angelique Fig
- Anthony Giannini
- Anthony Mullins
- Aquilegia vulgaris plena - Double Flowered European Columbine
- Beautyberry
- Bees and Honey
- Bernard McMahon
- Black Haw
- Cattle
- Charles Massie
- Constantine Samuel Rafinesque
- Cornus mas - Cornelian Cherry
- Cotton
- Crataegus phaenopyrum - Washington Hawthorn
- Crops at Monticello
- Cytisus scoparius - Scotch Broom
- Dianthus chinensis - China Pinks
- Dionaea muscipula - Venus Flytrap
- Dogs
- Euonymus americana - Strawberry Bush
- Fences
- Garden Club of Virginia
- Greenhouse - Southeast Piazza
- Greenhouses
- Hessian Fly
- Humulus lupulus - Hops
- Insects
- Italian Influence at Monticello
- Italian Influence in the Monticello Orchard
- John Hartwell Cocke
- Lewis and Clark Plants at Monticello
- Lily of the Valley
- Madame de Tessé
- Marseilles Fig
- Mock Orange
- Moldboard Plow
- Momordica balsamina - Balsam Apple
- Momordica charantia - Balsam Pear
- Oval Flower Beds
- Pelargonium inquinans - Species Geranium
- Petroselinum crispum - Parsley
- Philip Mazzei
- Plowing
- Prunus glandulosa - Dwarf Flowering Almond
- Quotations On Agriculture
- Quotations on Gardens and Gardening
- Rheum rhabarbarum - Rhubarb
- Rhus glabra - Smooth Sumac
- Rice
- Robert Bailey
- Ruta graveolens - Rue
- Sheep
- Sugar Maple
- Sweet Basil
- Sweet Marjoram
- Threshing Machine
- Weevils
- Winding Flower Border
- Wormley Hughes
- Young Gardener (Quotation)