It was a garden club presentation on small pools that fanned the glowing coal of a dream into a blaze of reality. I’ve always been a gardening enthusiast, the type who surrounds themselves with flowers indoors and out. Twenty-five years ago we moved to the country, and I am proud of every tree, shrub and […]

The name LOTUS has many different meanings in various parts of the world. Poets speak of the “lotus eaters”; this plant is believed to be a jujube, possibly Zizyphus. Here in America, the word has been given to various water-lilies, including even the Nymphaea, of which our lovely white water-lily is the most familiar example. […]