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Say Aloe to My Little Frond

99% Invisible

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Victorian House Plants

Victorian women shared scientific knowledge and plant care tips in these advice books that circulated widely at the time. The writers of these books were almost like the instagram plant influencers of their day. Indoor plants got more and more popular in this period, until they eventually outgrew the conservatory and moved inside the house. Victorians brought the unruly jungle inside and filled up their homes with many of the same varieties of house plants we have today.

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