An important poet and novelist in the Scottish modernist vernacular revival, Violet Jacob was respected by her literary contemporaries for creating some of the finest Scottish literature of her time. In the tradition of James Hogg, Sir Walter Scott,...

HARDY BLOOMS KEEP GARDENERS IN COLOR Need a cure for the wintertime garden blues? Take a gesneriad or two and you probably won't need to call the doctor in the morning. Gesneriads aren't found on drugstore shelves but in garden centers under...

PLANT OF THE WEEK AFRICAN VIOLET Sunday, February 2, 2003 Botanical Name: Saintpaulia ionantha Description: African violets rank among the most popular of all houseplants perhaps because because the flowers range from blue to white to lavender to fuchsia to...