American Beautyberry (Callicarpa americana)

American Beautyberry (Callicarpa americana)Deciduous North American shrub Produces clusters of showy, bright purple berries in the fall, which persist throughout the winter Origin: Southeastern United States This unusual shrub is native from southwestern Maryland to North Carolina, Arkansas, and south to Mexico. While Jefferson resided in Paris during the 1780s, his close friend Madame de Tess requested that he arrange for plants to be sent for her estate at Chaville. Jefferson, in turn, wrote

Saffron production became a major industry in England after its introduction in the 14th century

The eighteenth-century botanist John Clayton noted it in his Flora Verginica (1739

Jefferson attempts to bring Destutt de Tracy's Treatise on Political Economy into print

is desirable in the perennial border or sunny wild flower garden for its airy texture and sky blue flowers

thistle-like flowers borne on branched

The original purple-leaf beech was discovered in the Hanleiter Forest of Germany before 1772

Description: Bears a profusion of cup-shaped

Thomas Jefferson was a true wine connoisseur

Publication date:  January 22

This bust is a superb likeness of Thomas Jefferson when he was minister to France

doubled the size of America through the Louisiana Purchase

discusses his own and Patrick Henry's contributions to the American Revolution