spring
Sakura, Japanese Cherry
The Northern and Southern Hemispheres, with track of HMS Challenger from Thalassa; an essay on the depth, temperature, and currents of the ocean.
Three Little Gardeners
An early twentieth century book in which an older gardener named Giles teaches three children, named Mark, Dorothy, and Ruth how to create their first garden. The book chronicles them caring for the garden in their first year. The reader begins in January and ends with the garden blanketed with snow in December. The children learn the importance of doing garden chores each month and if you “take care of your plants and treat them rightly, they are sure to reward you with beautiful flowers.” The delightful illustrations throughout the book are by Gertrude M.
The Japanese Flowering Cherry Trees of Washington, D.C.
This wonderful book is about the history of the famous Japanese flowering cherry trees in Washington, D.C. It’s co-authored by Roland Jefferson, the first African American botanist at the U.S. National Arboretum (USNA), hired in 1956. Mr. Jefferson began his career studying crabapple trees, but eventually became an international authority on flowering cherries, making many plant collecting trips to Japan.
