The Guide to Nature magazine issue Volume 9, No. 7, December 1916, brings us a nice article under the heading HOMES NEAR TO NATURE. (Mr. Bigelow at his moralizing best.) Fred McDermant, the bachelor owner of the Stamford Lunch on Main Street, was an avid gardener and had a property in North Stamford, in the Turn-of-River section, where he gardened and built a house.
From Plates, Puddings and Pies to Plants
The article might be of interest to gardeners: At the end, there is a list of plants and shrubs that Mr. McDermant planted in 1916, and the magazine issue had an ad for a "Cyclopedia of Horticulture" which happens to be online, Internet Archive: The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture By Liberty Hyde Bailey. There are lots of illustrations and the book can be read as Flip Book, or downloaded as PDF file. Internet Archive requires free sign-up ("Library Card") for multiple viewing. The book is also available as Google Book: The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture.
And there is an interesting Wikipedia entry (handle with care) on the author, Liberty Hyde Bailey.
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