Burpee Seeds — Burpee Seeds, officially W. Atlee Burpee Co., is a seed company that was founded by W. Atlee Burpee in 1878. HistoryOriginally selling garden seeds as well as farm supplies, tools, and even poultry and hogs, the direction of the company began to… … Wikipedia
Washington Atlee Burpee — Infobox Person name = Washington Atlee Burpee image size = caption = Washington Atlee Burpee birth name = birth date = Birth date|1858|4|5 birth place = Sheffield, New Brunswick death date = Death date and age|1915|11|26|1858|4|5 death place =… … Wikipedia
Heronswood (botanical garden) — Heronswood is a botanical garden in Kingston, Washington, USA, established by Dan Hinkley and Robert Jones in 1987. Heronswood is a display garden exhibiting plant varieties collected and propagated for introduction into the North American… … Wikipedia
Sheffield, New Brunswick — Sheffield is a community in Sunbury County in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. The founder of Burpee Seed, W. Atlee Burpee was from Sheffield … Wikipedia
Elbert Hubbard — Infobox Writer name = Elbert Hubbard |thumb | caption = birthdate = birth date|1856|6|19|df=y birthplace = Bloomington, Illinois1 deathdate = death date and age|1915|5|7|1856|6|19|df=y deathplace = 8 miles off the Old Head of Kinsale, Ireland… … Wikipedia
Golden Bantam — Herkunft USA, W. Atlee Burpee, 1902 Art Mais (Zea mays L. subsp. mays) Kreuzung aus Züchtung Zuckermais Golden Bantam ist eine tradition … Deutsch Wikipedia
environment — environmental, adj. environmentally, adv. /en vuy reuhn meuhnt, vuy euhrn /, n. 1. the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu. 2. Ecol. the air, water, minerals, organisms, and all other external factors… … Universalium
gardening — /gahrd ning/, n. 1. the act of cultivating or tending a garden. 2. the work or art of a gardener. [1570 80; GARDEN + ING1] * * * Laying out and tending of a garden. Though palatial gardens existed in ancient times, small home gardens became… … Universalium
General Foods Corporation — ▪ American corporation former American manufacturer of packaged grocery and meat products. The company was incorporated in 1922, having developed from the earlier Postum Cereal Co (Post, C W). Ltd., founded by C.W. Post (1854–1914) in … Universalium