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Frederick Frye Rockwell (1884, Orleans, Massachusetts – 1976, Nyack, New York) was an American author of gardening books, and an editor of numerous magazines and periodical columns pertaining to horticulture. Frye was a founder of Home Garden Magazine. His editing career included the positions of Sunday garden editor of the New York Times, senior editor of Flower Grower-Home Garden, and garden editor of Farm Journal, Town Journal, McCall's, and Living for Young Homemakers. He was also former national president of Mens Clubs of America, and a founder of the Men's Garden Club of New York.

ESTHER C. GRAYSON collaborated with her husband, F. F. Rockwell, on many gardening books. Ms. Grayson also authored books alone, including The Onex African Violet Book, and contributed gardening articles to the New York Times Magazine.