amylsacks' photos with the keyword: tulip

She's winking at me! She likes me... the little devil...

I love everything about this image. The glassware, the "leafy green" sweater, the fact that they left the model's hair naturalistic enough to not suggest an aluminum helmet... Everything. From the Central Radio Club in Prague, Czechoslovakia to W7BDU in Portland, Oregon.

Food in a vintage booklet that actually looks like something I might want to eat? What's this world coming to?

"We wish to acknowledge the cooperation of the following firms in making possible the use of many of the color plates in this book. Bobbink & Atkins, Rutherford, N.J. Joseph Breck & Sons, Boston, Mass. William E. Clark, Sharon, Mass. The Conrad-Pyle Company, West Grove, Pa. H.G. Hastings Company, Atlanta, Ga. Wm. M. Hunt & Co., Inc., New York, N.Y. Henry F. Mitchell Company, Philadelphia, Pa. Reuter Seed Company, Inc., New Orleans, La. Max Schling Seedsmen, Inc., New York, N.Y. Stumpp & Walter Co., New York, N.Y. Hosea Waterer, Philadelphia, Pa..."

"...To be able to get faithful photographs and accurate color reproductions for his work, Dr. McFarland has long conducted series of tests of tulip and other bulbs in his own Breeze Hill Gardens, where literally thousands of varieties have been grown and photographed. The artists from Mount Pleasant Press have been able to work directly in the garden or from flowers freshly cut only a few moments before they were brought into the studio. For this reason, the colors are very true to variety..."

"...Several illustrations have been used from Bailey's 'Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture,' as originally produced at the Mount Pleasant Press, and published by the Macmillan Company..."

(Above) "A Darwin... the dark, rose-red lily flowers of Martha ..." (Below) "...sport of the Darwin... the Parrots, which the lovely Gadelan is helping carry along..."

Sow your pansy seeds now! They'll look great bordering that fallout shelter next spring! From the July issue of Flower Grower magazine.