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SANSEVIERIA TRIFASCIATA

It was not until I found the book on a cart being given away by my local library to make room for new titles that I even knew there was such a thing as The New York Times Book of Houseplants.  The copyright indicates a publication date of 1973. Its author Joan Lee Faust was, inter alia, the Garden Editor at the Times. The Garden Editor! What a concept.

The description in the book for the snake plant (Sansevieria trifasciata) called the plant “a favorite of yesteryear” even back in the nineteen-seventies. I keep several pots full of them. The text indicates that: “[m]ature plants in sunny rooms often send up spikes of white blooms.”  This spring, mine did; it was awesome.

 

FIRST: SOME WORDS OF THANKS

Chris Ripley & Thomas Seidman, Cape Cod 1995

I would like to take this opportunity to thank my friend Mr. Christopher Ripley for purchasing the thomasseidman.com domain name, setting me up with WordPress, and encouraging me to expand my presence on the World Wide Web. His book–Chris Ripley’s Online Marketing 101: No-Nonsense Guide To Marketing Your Business Online–has encouraged me in pursuing my own literary pursuits and is a fine primer for understanding the craft and nuances of marketing in the Internet age.

Chris Ripley’s Online Marketing 101 (cover page)

Chris Ripley’s Online Marketing 101 (inside cover)