Unpublished Sources
Agriculture Notebook. Barrington Living History Farm, Washington, TX. (April 28, 2005)
Fanning, James Gatliff. Journal. Pearce Civil War Collection, Navarro College, Corsicana, TX. (Gonzales County, TX, 1857-1870)
Johnson, Majesta M. “A Survey of the Food Supply and Diet of the Anglo-American Settlers in Texas, 1821-1870.” M.A. thesis, Rice Institute, 1954.
Books, Brochures, and Articles
Abt, Jeffry and Leabeth Abt. “Documents: The Gardening Sentiments of an Early Texas Pioneer.” East Texas Historical Journal 29 no. 1 (1991): 63-69. (Newton County, TX, 1837-1840)
Affleck, Thomas. Affleck’s Southern Rural Almanac and Plantation and Garden Calendar for 1860. Washington Co., TX: Affleck’s Central Nurseries, 1859. Reprint ed. Brenham, TX: The New Year’s Creek Settlers Association, 1986.
Bacot, H. Parrott, et al. Marie Adrien Persac: Louisiana Artist. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University, 2000. [illustration only]
Brown, Frances Rhodes. Diary of Fannie Brown, Jan 1, 1861 thru Dec 31, 1861. N. p.: n. p., n. d. (Longview Public Library, Longview, TX)
Burr, Fearing, Jr. The Field and Garden Vegetables of America: Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varieties; With Directions for Propagation, Culture, and use; Illustrated. 2nd ed. Boston: J. E. Tilton and Co., 1865. Reprint ed. Chillicothe, IL: American Botanist, 1994. [1863 edition available on Kindle for free]
Clinton, Catherine. The Plantation Mistress: Woman’s World in the Old South. New York: Pantheon Books, 1982.
Favretti, Rudy J. and Joy Putman Favretti. Landscapes and Gardens for Historic Buildings. 2d ed., Rev. Nashville, TN: American Association for State and Local History, 1991. [mostly landscaping, but does include a list of authentic plants for recreating period landscapes, broken down to those introduced 1600-1699, 1700-1776, 1776-1850, including vegetables and field crops, and herbs, aromatic, culinary and medicinal]
Fox-Genovese. Within the Plantation Household: Black and White Women of the Old South. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1988.
Hardinge, Sarah Ann Lillie. Views of Texas, 1852-1856: Watercolors by Sarah Ann Lillie Hardinge Together with a Journal of Her Departure from Texas. Ft. Worth: Amon Carter Museum, 1988. [illustration only]
Hatch, Peter J. The Gardens of Monticello. Charlottesville, VA: Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, 1992.
Henson, Margaret S. Anglo American Women in Texas, 1820-1850. Boston: American Press, 1982.
Hilliard, Sam Bowers. Hog Meat and Hoecake: Food Supply in the Old South, 1840-1860. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1972.
“Horticulture.” The Texas Almanac for 1857, with Statistics, Historical and Biographical Sketches, &c., Relating to Texas. Galveston: Richardson & Co., 1856, pp. 4, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29
Illustrated Catalogue of American Hardware of the Russell and Erwin Manufacturing Company: An Unabridged Reprint of the 1865 Edition and a New Introduction by Lee H. Nelson, AIA. Reprint ed. [Ottawa?]: Association for Preservation Technology, 1980.
Leighton, Ann. American Gardens of the Nineteenth Century: “For Comfort and Affluence.” Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press, 1987. [predominantly flower gardens and landscaping]
Massey, Mary Elizabeth. Ersatz in the Confederacy: Shortages and Substitutes on the Southern Homefront. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1952, 1993.
Mills, Anita L. Come to the Bower: Historic Gardening in Texas. Dallas: Domestic Arts Heritage Center, 2003.
Silverthorne, Elizabeth. Plantation Life in Texas. College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 1986. University of South Carolina Press, 2003.
Thornton, P. The Southern Gardener and Receipt Book. 2d ed. Newark, NJ: A. L. Dennis, 1845. Reprint ed. Birmingham, AL: Oxmoor House, 1984. Note: Thornton was from Camden, SC. [includes vegetable by vegetable growing instructions]
Trent, Hank. “With Heirloom Garden Seeds, You’re Not Growing Better, You’re Growing Older.” The Citizen’s Companion. 4 no. 6 (February-March 1998): 25-27.
Tucker, David M. Kitchen Gardening in America: A History. Ames, Iowa: Iowa State University Press, 1993.
“The Vegetable Garden.” Charlottesville, VA: Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, Inc., n.d. (brochure)
“The Vegetable Garden” in Maupay’s Southern Gardener’s Directory, New Orleans, 1861.
Confederate imprints, 1861-1865, microfilm reel 94, item no. 2930.
Vlach, John Michael. Back of the Big House: The Architecture of Plantation Slavery. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1993. [illustration only]
Watson, Benjamin. Taylor‘s Guide to Heirloom Vegetables. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1996.
Welch, William C. “Texas Pioneer Gardens.” Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Fall Gardening Symposium: Oktober Gartenfest, October 24-25, 1997, Round Top, Texas: Gardens Grow Into Organizations. Texas: n.p., 1997, pp. 19-22. (nearly all flowers and landscaping)
Welch, William C. and Greg Grant. The Southern Heirloom Garden. Lanham, MD: Taylor Trade Publishing, 1995. (nearly all flowers)
White, Christie. “Documenting and Interpreting Early 19th-Century Rural Gardens at Old Sturbridge Village.” ALHFAM Conference Session: Establishing Historic Gardens: From Research to Interpretation—A Workshop.” 1989.
White, William N. Gardening for the South; or the Kitchen and Fruit Garden: With the Best Methods for their Cultivation, together with Hints Upon Landscape and Flower Gardening. New York: C. M. Saxton and Co; Athens, GA: Wm. N.
White, 1856, pp.286-299. American Culture Series II microfilm, reel 617.2.
Websites
Newspaper Research, 1861-1865. http://www.uttyl.edu/vbetts/newspaper_titles.htm
Current Catalogs
Landreth Seed Company. 650 N. North Point Road, Baltimore, MD 21237.
South Carolina Foundation Seed Association. Catalog.
Southern Exposure Seed Exchange. P. O. Box 460, Mineral, VA 23117
Kitchen Gardens to Visit in the Lower South
Barrington Farm, Washington, TX
Westville, Stewart County, GA
Tullie Smith Farm, Atlanta History Center, Atlanta, GA
Somerset Place, Creswell, NC
Burritt Museum, Huntsville, AL