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H. F. du Pont's Chestertown House

It’s 1919, and you have a one-year-old daughter. Delaware summers can be oppressive, and in the days before widespread air conditioning, there is not much relief. Where do you go to escape the heat? This was…

Best in Class: 1927 Rolls-Royce Phantom I

With the holidays fast approaching, ’tis the season of Christmas traditions at Winterthur. The annual Yuletide Tour is under way, showcasing Henry Francis du Pont’s former home decorated for the season. In admiring the lavish dining…

Millions of Bulbs?

The upcoming Bank to Bend event on March 9 celebrates the snowdrops on the March Bank, which also features winter aconites, snowflakes, and crocuses—and this year, because of the mild weather we are already seeing daffodils,…

So Clean You Can Eat Off ’Em!: The Floors of Winterthur

View from China Hall into the Chinese Parlor, showing freshly waxed and buffed floors The 175 rooms in the house have a variety of flooring that must be maintained, with the vast majority made up of…

Halloween Fortunes

For 14-year-old Helen Weld, Halloween in 1884 meant visiting a local bowling alley with friends where she bobbed for apples and saw her future husband’s initials (F.G.L.) in a mirror. Unfortunately, readers of Helen’s diary are…

Collecting Bulb Seeds

Winter Aconite It seems as though spring has just started and already we are seeing signs of seed-ripening on our earliest bulbs; snowdrops, winter aconite and glory-of-the-snow. When the green seed pods begin to turn yellow, this…

Got the Blues?

The March Bank is known for its stunning display of blue flowered glory-of-the-snow (Chionodoxa lucilliae) and Siberian squill (Scilla sibirica) that saturate the woodland bank—as well as many other parts of the garden—in late March. Italian windflower (Anemone…

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