"Alfred F. Conard;" The Florists'
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Obituary notice.
American Nurseryman, v171 n12, Jun. 15, 1990.
Whole issue devoted to the "Life and Times in the
[nursery] Industry."
Appleton"s Cyclopaedia of American Biography.
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1887.
James Vick is listed.
The Art of Gardening: Maryland Landscapes and
the American Garden Aesthetic, 1730-1930:
May-October, 1985, The Historical Society of
Talbot County. Easton, MD: Historical Society of Talbot County, 1985.
An exhibition on the role of gardening in the history
of Maryland, included nursery and seed catalogs and advertising memorabilia.
Bailey, L. H. The Standard Cyclopedia
of Horticulture; A discussion, for the Amateur, and ....
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1937.
Biographies of horticulturists, pomologists, seedsmen,
and nurserymen under the heading of 'Horticulturists.'
Baxter, Samuel Newman. "The Nursery Catalog
of a Century Back;" The Florists Exchange and Horticultural Trade World,
vLX n18, Oct. 31, 1925, p1431.
Catalog for Bartram's Botanic Garden, proprietor,
Robert Carr, dated 1828.
Beans, Bruce E. "Seeds of Greatness: How the Burpee
Empire Grew;" Inquirer (The Philadelphia Inquirer Magazine), Mar.
1, 1987, pp17-24.
History of the Burpee company.
Benson, Albert Emerson. History of the Massachusetts
Horticultural Society. [Norwood, MA]: Printed for the Massachusetts
Horticultural Society, 1929.
History of Society from 1830-1929. Lists officers
of Society.
"Bernard McMahon;" The Oxford Companion to Gardens.
Oxford; New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1986.
Biography.
Birkby, Bob and Janice Nahra Friedel. "Henry,
Himself;"
The Palimpsest, v64 n5, Sep./Oct. 1983, pp150-169.
Biography of Henry Arms Field of Shenandoah, Iowa.
Block, Lori. "A Century (or More!) And Counting;"
American
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A compendium of all the nursery businesses that
have celebrated 100 years of continuous operation.
Boyd, James. A History of the Pennsylvania Horticultural
Society, 1827-1927. Philadelphia:
Printed for the Society, 1929.
History of the Society broken up into seven different
periods. Has biographies and portraits of officers that include many nurserymen
and seedsmen and descriptions of gardens including nurseries.
Breckon, Gary. "Lila's Nursery;" California Horticulture
Society Journal, vXXVIII n3, Jul. 1967, pp193-196.
History of a succulent nursery owned by Mrs. Lila Lillie
and her mother, Mrs. Mary Belle Williams.
Brown, Thomas A., A List of California Nurseries and Their Catalogues 1850-1900. Petaluma, Calif. : T.A. Brown, 1993.
Bryan, Charles F., Jr. Seed for Thought. St.
Louis, MO: St. Louis Mercantile Library, 1988.
The catalog of an exhibition of early seed catalogues,
horticultural manuals and illustrated books related to 19th and 20th century
American gardening in the collection of the St. Louis Mercantile Library,
in cooperation with the Missouri Botanical Garden Library, July 30-September
21, 1988.
Burbank, Luther. Luther Burbank, His Methods and
Discoveries and Their Practical Application; Prepared....... New York;
London: Luther Burbank Press, 1914-15.
Twelve volumes taken from Burbank's original field
notes made during forty years of research.
"Burnet Landreth;" The National Cyclopedia of
American Biography, Volume 24. Clifton, NJ: J. T. White, 1893-.
Biography.
Burr, Charles J. "The Berkeley Horticultural
Nursery;"
California Horticultural Journal, v34 n1, Jan. 1973, pp10-11.
George Budgen, founder of nursery in 1922.
Burr, Charles J. "The California Nursery: A
History;"
California Horticultural Journal, v31 n4, Oct. 1970, pp138-143.
A history of one of the oldest nurseries in the
West written six months after its demise in the spring of 1970.
Burr, Charles J. "Nurseries and Nurserymen --The
Edenvale Nursery;" California Horticultural Journal, v33 n1, Jan.
1971, pp37, 39.
History of Edenvale Nursery founded by C. E. Wilson
and later owned by Frank Serpa.
Butterfield, Harry M. "Builder's of California
Horticulture, Part 1;" Journal of the California Horticultural Society,
vXXII n1, Jan. 1961, pp2-7, 28.
Information on William C. Walker, James Saul, United
States Nursery, Juan Centre (John Center), Edward L. Reimers, Stephen Nolan,
and the Shell Mound Nursery.
Butterfield, Harry M. "Builder's of California Horticulture,
Part 2;" California Horticultural Society Journal, vXXII n3, Jul.
1961, pp102-107.
Information on James Hutchison, W. F. Kelsey, Charles
David Weber, Joseph Aram, Louis Prevost, Bernard S. Fox, Johann Felz, William
C. Walker, William Wolfskill, Kate Sessions, Theodosia B. Shepherd, Carl
Purdy, Edward O. Orpet, Luther Burbank, and C. C. Morse.
Butterfield, Harry M. "Carl Salbach--Plant Breeder
and Nurseryman;" California Horticultural Society Journal, vXI n4,
Oct. 1950, pp172-176.
Biography of Carl Salbach.
Butterfield, Harry M. "Early Horticulture in Northern
and Central California;" California Horticultural Society Journal,
vXXIX n1, Jan. 1968, pp30-32.
Information on Frank Kunz, Peter Kunz, the Felix
Gillet Nursery, Luther Burbank, and Carl Purdy.
Butterfield, Harry M. "Early Nurseries in the Eastern
United States;" California Horticultural Society Journal, vXXVII
n2, Apr. 1966, pp42-56.
Brief histories of twenty-three East Coast nurseries.
Butterfield, Harry M. "Horticultural Activity in
the Santa Barbara Area;" California Horticultural Journal, vXXIX
n2, Apr. 1968, pp49-50, 55.
Biographies of Joseph Sexton (1842-1917), Kinton
Stevens of The Palm and Citrus Nursery, Emanuele O. Fenzi, and Edward Owen
Orpet.
Butterfield, Harry M. "The History of Ornamental
Horticulture in California;" California Horticultural Society Journal,
vXXVI n2, Apr. 1965, pp 47-50.
History starting with William C. Walker and his
Golden Gate Nursery established in 1849.
Butterfield, Harry M. "Horticulture in the San Diego
Area;" California Horticultural Journal, vXXX n2, Apr. 1969, pp62-63.
Short biographies of Kate Olivia Sessions (1857-1940)
and Alfred D. Robinson, the founder of Rosecroft Begonia Gardens.
Butterfield, Harry M. "Pioneer Horticulturists in
the Los Angeles Area;" California Horticultural Society Journal,
vXXIX n3, Jul. 1968, pp93-95.
Information on Ozro B. Childs, Matthew Keller, Louis
J. Stengel, John Grelck, E. D. Sturtevant, Eugene Germain, Aggeler and
Musser Seed Company founded by Henry L. Musser in 1896, and Theodore Payne.
Butterfield, Harry M. "Some Pioneer Nurseries in
California and their Plants, Part 1;" California Horticultural Society
Journal, vXXVII n3, Jul. 1966, pp70-77.
Information on James L. Lafayette Warren, William
Neely Thompson, Julius K. Rose, C. V. Gillespie, J. Bryant Hill, E. L.
Beard, William Connell Walker, John Center (Juan Centre), James and William
O'Donnell, Henry Sonntag, J. O'Hare, Frederick A. Miller, Edward L. Reimer,
S. W. Moore, F. Ludemann, Robert J. Trumbull, E. Meyer, Charles Abraham,
and H. H. Berger.
Butterfield, Harry M. "Some Pioneer Nurseries in
California and their Plants, Part 2;" California Horticultural Society
Journal, vXXVII n4, Oct. 1966, pp102-108.
Information on James Hutchison, William F. Kelsey,
A. D. Pryal, Stephen Nolan and his Belle View Nursery, Lewelling Brothers,
Domoto Brothers, H. Yoshiike of the Japanese Nursery, and Edward C. Gill.
Butterfield, Harry M. "Some Pioneer Nurseries in
California and their Plants, Part 3;" California Horticultural Society
Journal, vXXVIII n1, Jan. 1967, pp132-139.
Short biographies of California nurserymen including
William Mohr, Jemima Branin, John Rock, James Shinn, Sydney Bancroft Mitchell,
Carl Salbach, Edward Oliver Essig, and Professor E. O. James.
Christiansen, Bess Gedney. "A Brief
History of Seed Catalogs;" The Historical Gardener, v3 n3, Fall
1994, pp4-5.
Landreth, Thorburn, Downing, Vick's, and Ferry.
Christopher, Thomas. "Flora Unbound;" House &
Garden, v167 n9, September 1998, pp146-148.
The use of floral plates as decorative prints.
Christopher, Thomas. "Heirloom Seed Catalogs: Back
Issues Yield Insights into the Origins of American Gardening;" Horticulture,
v63 n12, December 1985, pp24-27.
A history of seed and nursery catalogs in America.
"Comstock, Ferre & Co., 1820-1980: Celebrating
160 Years in the Seed Business."
History of the company, probably written by Mrs.
Corinne W. Willard, wife of the president of the company in 1980.
Culbertson, Molly. "The Paper Garden;" Country
Home, v12 issue 1, February 1990, pp81-85, 113
A discussion of lithography, the art of the seed
catalogs, as well as a history of American seed companies.
"David Burpee;" The National Cyclopedia
of American Biography. Clifton, NJ: J. T. White, 1893-.
Biography.
Dreyer, Peter. A Gardener Touched with Genius:
The Life of Luther Burbank. Berkeley, CA: University of California
Press, 1985.
Biography of Luther Burbank.
"Early American Nurserymen and Seedsmen;"
Plants
& Gardens, v23 n3, Autumn 1967, (February 1968) pp75-76.
One chapter in a special volume titled "Origins
of American Horticulture."
"Early American Seed Trade;" Grower Talks,
v40 n3, July 1976, pp1-15.
This special bicentennial issue of Grower Talks
gives a history of American horticulture. Grower Talks is published by
Ball Publishing, part of George J. Ball Company, a flower seed breeding
and distribution company.
Elisabeth Woodburn, Books. Catalogue #2 (New Series)
- Seed & Nursery Catalogues. Hopewell, NJ: Elisabeth Woodburn,
Books, January 1998.
Catalog of important horticultural book dealer.
Elliott, Charles. "A. J. Downing, Garden Evangelist;"
Horticulture,
vLXXIII n9, Nov. 1995, pp14-22.
Downing's role as arbiter of taste.
Ferry-Morse Seed Co., Annual Catalogue of Plants, Seeds, Trees, 1909. San Francisco, CA: 1909. (Cat. 012950)
Ferry-Morse Seed Co., Ferry's Home Garden Catalogue. San Francisco, CA: 1931. (Cat. 022551)
Ferry-Morse Seed Co., Morse's Garden Guide, 1915. San Francisco, CA: 1915. (Cat. 015737)
Ferry-Morse Seed Co., Morse's Seeds Garden Guide, 1917 . San Francisco, CA: 1917. (Cat. 016462)
Ferry-Morse Seed Co., Morse's Garden Guide, 1918. San Francisco, CA: 1918. (Cat. 016422)
"Field, Henry;" The National Cyclopedia of American
Biography, Volume 47. Clifton, NJ: J. T. White, 1893-.
Biography.
Fitzpatrick, John T. "An Overview of American Nursery
and Seed Catalogues, 1771-1832;" Plants and People: The Dublin Seminar
for New England Folklife, Annual Proceedings, 24 and 25 June 1995;
v20, 1996, pp152-162.
Reports on 21 representative catalogs published
between 1771 and 1832. They are sources of information on plants, nurseries,
and gardeners and give a record of what was being offered for sale at particular
times and places.
Garden and Forest, v3, July
2, 1890, p328.
Obituary of Patrick Barry.
"George Ellwanger;" The Florists' Exchange,
vXXII n22, Dec. 1, 1906, p661.
Obituary notice.
"George Ellwanger;" Proceedings of the Thirtieth
Session of the American Pomological Society held on the exposition grounds
at Jamestown, Virginia, Sept. 24-26, 1907. Cleveland, Ohio: American
Pomological Society, 1908.
Obituary.
"Grant Thorburn;" The Gardener's Monthly and Horticultural
Advertiser, vV, 1863, p91.
Obituary.
Hedrick, U. P. A History of Horticulture
in America to 1860. Portland, OR: Timber Press, c1988.
A history of gardening, fruit growing, and viticulture.
Plant explorers and botanic gardens, and plant breeding are covered.
Henderson, Alfred. Peter Henderson, Gardener,
Author, Merchant: A Memoir. New York: Press of McIlroy & Emmet,
1890.
Biography of Peter Henderson by his son.
Herringshaw, Thomas William, ed. Herringshaw's
Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century. Chicago,
IL: American Publishers' Association, 1905.
Grant Thorburn is listed.
Higginbotham, Julie S. "Four Centuries of Planting
and Progress: A History of the U. S. Nursery Industry;" American Nurseryman,
v171 n12, Jun. 15, 1990, pp36-59.
Summarizes the U. S. nursery industry, from its
pre-Colonial roots to 1990. Includes a chronology starting in 1565 to 1990.
Higginbotham, Julie S. "The Greening of a Continent;"
American
Nurseryman, v171 n12, Jun. 15, 1990, pp62-63.
Regional look at the nursery industry.
"The History of U. S. Floriculture;" Greenhouse
Grower, v17 n10, Fall 1999, pp28-37.
History of Ball Seed Co., Goldsmith Seeds, Novartis
Seeds, Bodger Seeds, Sakata Seed, Takii & Co., Benary Seed, Daehnfeldt,
Waller Flowerseed, W. Atlee Burpee, Park Seed, Harris Seeds, Henry F. Michell
Co., Grimes Seeds, Fred C. Gloeckner & Co., and Express Seed Co.
Hollingsworth, Buckner. "Theodosia Burr Shepherd,
1845-1906;" Her Garden was Her Delight. New York: Macmillan, 1962.
Biography largely taken from an unpublished biography
by Shepherd's daughter.
"The House of Thorburn, New York--An Interesting
History;"
The Florists' Exchange, vXXII n15, Oct. 13, 1906, p441.
History of Thorburn Co., New York, New York.
Hutton, R. J. "Robert Pyle--A Life Devoted to Roses;"
The
American Rose Magazine, vXXXI n20, Aug. 1992, p11.
Biography of Pyle with emphasis on his work with
the American Rose Society.
Ilgenfritz Nurseries, Inc. Monroe Nursery. Ilgenfritz Garden Styles for '53. Monroe, MI: 1953. (Cat. 021707)
Indiana Horticultural Society. Transactions of
the Indiana Horticultural Society for the year 1908. Indianapolis:
W. B. Burford, 1909.
List of nurseries in Indiana on official inspection
list for 1908. Biography of Andrew Hampton, pioneer nurseryman of Indiana.
"John Scheepers & Company, New
York;" The Florists' Exchange, vXXII n19, Nov. 10, 1906.
Brief history of John Scheepers & Co.
Kellen, Vince. "200 Years of the
Right Stuff;" Florists' Review, v173 n4485, Nov. 17, 1983, pp46-47.
History of Landreth's, America's oldest seed company.
Keller, Kenneth W. "Merchandising Nature: The H.
J. Weber and Sons Nursery," Missouri Historical Review, v89 n3,
April 1995, pp307-326.
The author, a professor of history at Mary Baldwin
College in Staunton, Virginia, is the great-grandson of Henry J. Weber.
Kelsey Nursery Service. Safe Autumn Planting Catalog no. 166, 174, 178. Highlands, NJ: 1960-1966. (cat. 024074-024076)
Kelsey Nursery Service. Short Guide to the Best Varieties of Trees... Catalog no. 165, 167, 171, 173, 177, 179. Highlands, NJ: 1960-1967. (cat. 024097-024102)
King, Louisa Yeomans. Pages from a garden note-book.
New York: Scribner, 1921.
Chapter XII is "A Review of the American Seed Catalogue."
This chapter was written in 1916 as an article in a popular journal. There
is mention of Vaughan; Dreer; Farquhar; Palisades Nurseries of Sparkill,
New York; Peter Henderson; Burpee; Bobbink & Atkins; Michell's (of
Philadelphia); John Lewis Childs; Henry Field of Shenandoah, Iowa; Weeber
& Don of New York; Henry Dawson of Eastern Nurseries, Jamaica Plain,
Massachusetts; Moon of Morrisville, Pennsylvania; Hicks; Ellwanger and
Barry; Klehm's Nurseries, Andorra Nurseries; Hill of Dundee, Illinois;
California Nursery Company of Niles, California; Julius Roehrs; Good &
Reese of Springfield, Ohio; Frederick H. Horsford of Charlotte, Vermont;
Storrs & Harrison; Farr's of Wyomissing, Pennsylvania; E. G. Hill Company
of Richmond, Indiana; Conard & Jones; etc.
Kraft, Ken. Garden to Order. Garden City,
NY: Doubleday, 1963.
History of Burpee Co.
Kraft, Ken and Pat. "Seeds for Sale;" Country
Living Gardener, v1 n1, Spring/Summer 1993, pp30-31.
How America's seed houses got their start.
"Landreth, Cuthbert;" Dictionary of American Biography, Under the Auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies... New York: C.Scribner's Sons, 1928-58.
"Landreth, David;" Dictionary of American Biography, Under the Auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies... New York: C.Scribner's Sons, 1928-58.
"Landreth, David, Jr.;" Dictionary of American Biography, Under the Auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies... New York: C.Scribner's Sons, 1928-58.
Lees, Carlton B. "The Golden Age of Horticulture;"
Historic
Preservation, v24 n4, October-December 1972, pp32-37.
A discussion of horticulture in 19th
century America.
Leighton, Ann. American Gardens in the Eighteenth
Century: "For Use or For Delight." Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1976.
Chapter 12 is titled "Catalogues and Lists." Information
on John Bartram, William Prince, and Bernard M'Mahon.
Leighton, Ann. American Gardens in the Nineteenth
Century: "For Comfort and Affluence." Amherst: Univ. of Massachusetts
Press, 1987.
Chapter 5 is titled "Seedsmen and Their Nurseries."
Information on Bernard M'Mahon, Joseph Breck, Thomas and Alfred Bridgeman,
Robert Buist, Thomas Meehan, Peter Henderson, Charles Mason and Phineas
Brown Hovey.
"Lewis Chase;" Proceedings of the Thirty-third
Biennial Session of the American Pomological Society held in Washington,
D. C., November 17-21, 1913. Cleveland, Ohio: American Pomological
Society, 1914.
Obituary.
"List of Nurserymen, Florists, and Seedsmen;" American
Horticultural Annual, 1868, p159-164.
A list of "only those who have sent circulars or
business cards, and those who advertise in the horticultural journals."
Lowe, Jeannette. "Burpee's Celebrates Its Centennial,
1876-1976;" Flower & Garden, v20 n3, Mar. 1976, pp26-29, 45.
History of the Burpee company by a staff horticulturist.
Mack, Richard N. "Catalog of Woes:
Some of Our Most Troublesome Weeds Were Dispersed Through the Mail;" Natural
History, Mar. 1990, pp44-53.
Article about weeds, but illustrated with old seed
and nursery catalog covers.
"Made Wild by Pompous Catalogs;" American Horticulture,
v70 n1, January 1991, p1-2.
In 1850, the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher protested the
proliferation of posters, seed boxes, trade cards, and catalogs with lavish
illustrations, thus the quote "made wild by pompous catalogs." A short
history of illustrations in seed and nursery catalogs.
Mahurin, Carl. "Carl Purdy;" California Horticultural
Society Journal, v2 n4, Oct. 1941, p196-207.
Biography.
Manks, Dorothy S. "How the American Nursery Trade
Began;" Plants & Gardens, v23 n3, Autumn 1967 (February 1968).
One chapter in a special volume titled "Origins
of American Horticulture."
The Mayflower. Floral Park, New York: Mayflower
Pub. Co., 188?-.
John Lewis Childs was the owner and editor of this
magazine.
McGourty, Frederick, Jr. "Long Island's Famous Nurseries;"
Plants
& Gardens, v23 n3, Autumn 1967 (February 1968), pp58-61, 82.
One chapter in a special volume titled "Origins
of American Horticulture."
McIntosh, W. H. History of Monroe County, New
York: with Illustrations Descriptive of its Scenery, Palatial Residences,
Public Buildings, Fine Blocks and Important Manufactories, from Original
Sketches by Artists of the Highest Ability. Philadelphia: Everts, Ensign
& Everts, 1877.
History of Mount Hope Nurseries; James Vick, Seedsman
and Florist with engravings of Vick's Flower Farm; and Briggs Seed House.
Also history of artists and lithographers in Rochester, New York.
McKelvey, Blake. "The Flower City: Center of Nurseries
and Fruit Orchards;" Rochester Historical Society Publications,
v18 pt.2, 1940, pp121-169.
A history of the early nurseries in Rochester, New
York and their contribution to the horticultural development of Western
New York and to the rest of the world as well.
Meehan, S. Mendelson, ed. "A Brief Sketch of the
Life of Thomas Meehan;" Meehans' Monthly, A Magazine of Horticulture,
Botany and Kindred Subjects, Volume 12 , Jan. 1902, pp13-19.
Biography.
Mitich, Larry W. "The World of A. Blanc;" Cactus
& Succlent Journal (U.S.), vXLV, 1973, pp158-170.
Description of A. Blanc's interest in cactus and
how his hobby eventually expanded into the world's largest cactus nursery.
Mitich, Larry W. "The World of A. Blanc, Part II;" Cactus & Succlent Journal (U.S.), vXLV, 1973, pp203-213.
Mitich, Larry W. "The World of A. Blanc, Part III (conclusion);" Cactus & Succlent Journal (U.S.), vXLV, 1973, pp259-269.
"M'Mahon, Bernard;" Dictionary of American Biography, Under the Auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies... New York: C.Scribner's Sons, 1928-58.
Morey, Dick. "The Most Complete 'Hort' House in the
U.S.A.: Vaughan-Jacklin Corporation...Beautify America Since 1876;" Nursery
Business, v25 n4, April 1980, pp50-51,54,68-69,76,80,94.
A history of this Chicago area company.
"Mrs. Theodosia B. Shepherd;" The Florists' Exchange,
vXXII n12, Sep. 22, 1906, pp346-347.
Obituary notice and tribute.
Navlet, Arthur E. "Visiting the Flower
Seed Farms of California;" Journal of the California Horticultural Society,
vIX n2, Apr. 1948, pp86-90.
Visits of flower seed buyers are described.
Naylor, Harriett Julia. "Rochester's Agricultural
Press: A Mirror of Genesee Country Life;" Rochester Historical Society
Publications, v18 pt.2, 1940, pp170-200.
Some of Rochester's seedsmen and nurserymen were
owners, editors or writers of Rochester's agricultural press, including
Charles Crosman, James Vick, Joseph Harris, and Patrick Barry.
Neal, Steve. "David Burpee;" Dictionary of American
Biography: Supplement 10 (1976-1980), 80-82.
Biography.
Nguyen, Chris. "The Promise of Spring: Available
by Mail Order;" Horizon: The Learning Section (The Washington Post),
Wednesday, Jan. 10, 1996.
History of the Burpee company.
Norcross, Marjorie R. "Cataloging America's Cultural
Roots;" Cornell Plantations, v47 n1, 1992, pp15-22.
A discussion of how American values were tied to
American horticulture in seed catalogs. "To turn the pages of nineteenth
century seed and nursery catalogs is to pursue a home course of art appreciation,
ethics, politics, landscaping, domestic arts, and of course, horticulture."
"Nurserymen, Florists, Seedsmen, and Dealers in Horticultural
Stock;" American Horticultural Annual, 1871, pp140-152
A list comprised of the "names of those who have
sent us catalogues, etc., and those who advertise in the leading journals."
Oberle, Stephanie Ginsberg. "The
Influence of Thomas Meehan on Horticulture in the United States;" Germantown
Crier, v49 n1, Spring 1999, pp4-25.
Scholarly paper on Meehan with footnotes and photographs.
One hundred years of trust, 1884-1984. Minneapolis,
MN: Northrup King Co., 1984.
History of the Northrup King Co., one of the largest
seed companies in the world, written for it=s centennial.
Orpet, Mildred Selfridge. "E. O. Orpet, Horticulturist;"
Journal
of the California Horticultural Society, vXIII n2, Apr. 1952, pp39-52.
Biography.
Park's Floral Magazine. LaPark,
Pennsylvania: Geo. W. Park, 1871-1925.
George W. Park was the editor and publisher of this
magazine.
Parks, Dan. "The Cultivation of Flower City;" Rochester
History, vXLV Nos. 3 & 4, Jul. and Oct. 1983, pp25-47.
The story of entrepreneurs in horticulture in Rochester,
New York. Includes nurserymen: Naaman Goodsell, Asa Rowe, George Ellwanger
and Patrick Barry; and seedsmen: James Vick, C. F. Crosman, Joseph Harris,
Briggs Brothers, and William H. Reid.
"Patrick Barry;" Annals of Horticulture in North
America for the Year 1890. New York: Rural Publishing Company, 1891.
Obituary for Patrick Barry of the firm Ellwanger
& Barry, Rochester, New York.
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Philadelphia.
From
Seed to Flower: Philadelphia, 1681-1876: A Horticultural Point of View.
Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, 1976.
Exhibition catalog for an exhibition put together
for the bicentennial. "...a display of books and artifacts written, published,
and used by Philadelphians in the last half of the eighteenth and first
half of the nineteenth centuries."
"Profile: David Burpee, President, W. Atlee Burpee
Co.;" Delaware Valley Announcer, v36 n4, Apr. 1963, pp25-26, 49.
Biography.
"Prosper Julius A. Berckmans;" Proceedings of
the Thirty-second Session of the American Pomological Society held at Tampa,
Florida, February 9, 10 and 11, 1911. Cleveland, Ohio: American Pomological
Society, 1912.
Obituary.
Raver, Ann. "Where Burpee First Tilled;"
The
New York Times, Sunday, August 23, 1992.
History of Burpee Co. and visit to Fordhook Farms
with George C. Ball, owner of Burpee.
Reilly, Ann. "Lessons of the Farm: The David Burpee
Story;" Nursery Business, v24 n1, Jan. 1979, pp50-52, 57, 65.
History of W. Atlee Burpee Company and David Burpee's
role in the company.
"Research Inspires 134-Year-Old Vegetable Giant;"
Seed
World, v128 n12, November 1990, pp21-23.
A history of Ferry-Morse Seed Company.
Reynolds, George. "Seedsmen to a Growing Country;"
New
York-Pennsylvania Collector, March 1990, pp15C-17C.
The early history of the seed and nursery industry
in Rochester, New York ("The Flower City").
"Robert Buist;" The Gardener's Monthly and Horticulturist,
vXXII n264, December 1880, pp372-374.
An obituary of Robert Buist.
"Robert Scott;" Meehans' Monthly, A Magazine of
Horticulture, Botany and Kindred Subjects, vVI, September 1896, pp178.
An obituary of Robert Scott.
Rochester Directory of Nurserymen, Seedsmen and
Florists of the United States and Canada: Giving Classified List of Names
and Addresses, Alphabetically Arranged. Rochester, New York:
Rochester Lithographing Co., 1893-.
Rockwell, F. F. "Flowers for the Forty Million: An
Interview with David Burpee by F. F. Rockwell;" Home Arts--Needlecraft,
Jan. 1938.
Burpee's work developing new flowers at his plant
laboratories at Floradale, California, and Fordhook Farms, Doylestown,
Pennsylvania.
Rogier, June M. Andersen Horticultural Library:
the first 25 years. Chanhassen, MN: Andersen Horticultural Library,
c1996.
Two chapters on their seed and nursery catalog collection.
Rogier, June. "Catalogs Link Gardeners Across 2 Centuries;"
Arboretum
News, v17 n1, January-February 1998, pp1,6.
A description of the collection of catalogs (200,000
items) in the Andersen Horticultural Library at the Minnesota Landscape
Arboretum. Describes some Minnesota seedswomen's and nurserymen's catalogs.
Rust, David. "Among the Growers: Henry A. Dreer,
Inc., Riverton, N. J.;" The Florists' Exchange, vXXII n18, Nov.
3, 1906, p534.
The author's visit to the Dreer establishment.
Sarudy, Barbara Wells. Gardens
and Gardening in the Chesapeake, 1700-1805. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins
University Press, 1998.
Chapter four is "Seeds and Plants" and has information
on early seedsmen and nurserymen. Chapter ten has information on Bernard
M'Mahon.
Sarudy, Barbara Wells. "Nurserymen and Seed Dealers in the Eighteenth-Century Chesapeake;" Journal of Garden History, v9 n3, July-September 1989, pp111-117.
Sarudy, Barbara Wells. "South Carolina Seed Merchants and Nurserymen Before 1820;" Magnolia; Bulletin of the Southern Garden History Society, vVII n3 Winter 1992 p 6-10.
Saul, John A. "Tree Culture, or a Sketch of Nurseries
in the District of Columbia;" Records of the Columbia Historical Society,
Washington, D. C., v10, 1907, pp38-62.
A history of nurseries and nurserymen in the District
of Columbia including the author's grandfather John Saul.
"Seed Trade in America--Before the ASTA;" Seed
World, v121 n6, May 1983, pp21-22.
A history of the seed industry in America before
the American Seed Trade Association which was established by C. W. Crosman
of Rochester, New York.
Shepherd, Theodosia B. ...California Flowers,
Plants, Seeds, Bulbs, Palms, Orchids, Cacti. Ventura-By-The-Sea,
CA: 1895. (Cat. 008830).
Sinclair, Ward. "Send Seeds: Why the relentless mail
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Washington Post Magazine, April 6, 1986, pp6-13.
A description of the collection of trade catalogs
at the National Agricultural Library in Beltsville, Maryland and the catalog
seed business in America today.
Slosson, Elvenia, comp. Pioneer American Gardening.
New York: Coward-McCann, 1951.
A collection of American horticultural stories contributed
by members of forty-one states with federated gardeners that form the National
Council of State Garden Clubs.
"Some American Seedsmen and Nurserymen;' Annals
of Horticulture in North America for the Year 1899. New York: Rural
Publishing Company, 1890.
List of catalogs that had been received in the editor's
office during the year of 1899.
Steffek, Edwin F. "Robert Pyle;" Dictionary of
American Biography: Supplement 5 (1951-1956), pp555-556.
Biography.
Success with Flowers. West Grove, Pennsylvania:
The Dingee & Conard Co., Oct. 1890-June 1904.
Alfred Fellenberg Conard and Charles Dingee were
owners and editors.
Templin, L., & Sons. Bargains in Seeds, Plants, Vines, Bulbs, Etc. Calla, OH: 1898. (Cat. 017690)
Templin, L., & Sons. Templin's Ideal Seeds, Bulbs, Plants, Etc. 1903, 1904. Calla, OH: 1903-1904. (Cat. 011022-011023)
Terry, Dickson. The Stark Story: Stark Nurseries
150th Anniversary. St. Louis, MO: Missouri Historical Society,
1966.
History of Stark Brothers Nurseries and Orchards
Company, Louisiana, Missouri.
"Theodore S. Hubbard;" Proceedings of the Thirtieth
Session of the American Pomological Society held on the exposition grounds
at Jamestown, Virginia, Sept. 24-26, 1907. Cleveland, Ohio: American
Pomological Society, 1908.
Obituary.
"Thomas Meehan;" Proceedings of the Twenty-seventh
Session of the American Pomological Society held in Buffalo, N. Y., Sept.
12-13, 1901. Cleveland, Ohio: American Pomological Society, 1902.
Obituary. Thomas Meehan was the First Vice-President
of the Society.
"Thomas Meehan, 19th Century Plantsman;"
Plants
& Gardens, v23 n3, Autumn 1967 (February 1968), pp81, 85.
One chapter in a special volume titled "Origins
of American Horticulture."
"Thomas Volney Munson;" Proceedings of the Thirty-third
Biennial Session of the American Pomological Society held in Washington,
D. C., November 17-21, 1913. Cleveland, Ohio: American Pomological
Society, 1914.
Obituary.
Thorburn, Grant. Forty Years' Residence in America;
or, the Doctrine of a Particular Providence Exemplified in the Life of
Grant Thorburn. Written by Himself. Boston: Russell, Odiorne &
Metcalf, 1834.
"...whom in the name of wonder, has a better right
to publish a man's life, than himself?" An autobiography.
Tice, Patricia M. Gardening in America, 1830-1910.
Rochester, NY: The Strong Museum, 1984.
"Gardening in America," an exhibit and a book presents
the origins of American's love of gardening and their changing tastes in
gardening.
"Tributes to the Late George Ellwanger;" The Florists'
Exchange, vXXII n23, Dec. 8, 1906, p695.
Tributes from the daily papers of Rochester, New
York.
Tucker, David M. Kitchen Gardening in America:
A History. Ames, IA: Iowa State University Press, c1993.
Chapter 6: Seed Catalogues and Straight Rows.
Tuten, James H. "David Burpee;" American National
Biography, Volume 22. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.
Biography.
University of Rochester. Library
Bulletin. vXXXV 1982.
Entire volume devoted to the seed and nursery business
in Rochester, New York. History of Ellwanger & Barry company, biographies
of Ellwanger and Barry, biography of Joseph Harris of Moreton Farm, and
history of 19th century Rochester fruit and flower plates.
Van Pelt, Helen Dupuy. "Henderson Llewelling: Pacific Pioneer Nurseryman;" Journal of the California Horticultural Society, vVI n3, Jul. 1945, pp273-274.
Van Ravenswaay, Charles. Drawn from nature: the
botanical art of Joseph Prestele and his sons. Washington, DC: Smithsonian
Institution Press, 1984.
Biography of the artist and lithographer, Joseph
Prestele and his sons. Information on James Vick and Prestele's work with
nurserymen's plate books.
Van Ravenswaay, Charles. A Nineteenth-Century
Garden. New York: Universe Books, 1977.
Twelve color plates and twenty black-and-white illustrations
from books carried by American nursery salesmen from the mid- to late-nineteenth
century are used to tell the story of the history of the nursery business
in America.
"The Victorian Lady and Her Flowers;" American
Heritage, v29 n5, Aug./Sep. 1978, pp99-103.
Pictorial showing many trade catalog covers.
"A Visit to White Marsh, Md.;" The Florists' Exchange,
vXXII n12, Sep. 22, 1906, p350.
Description of a day spent at the R. Vincent, Jr.
& Sons establishment.
"W. W. Rawson & Co., Boston;"
The
Florists' Exchange, vXXII n21, Nov. 24, 1906, pp620, 627, 631.
Description of company with photographs of the flower
seed department, general seed department, store and reading room and new
dahlias.
Waldron, Webb. "Turnips or Tulips: Which Are You
Planting?" The American Magazine, vCXV n3, Mar. 1933, pp51, 138-142.
How David Burpee has introduced new plants and kept
the Burpee Company going.
Walls, Nina de Angeli. Trade Catalogs in the Hagley
Museum and Library. Wilmington, DE: Hagley Museum and Library, 1987.
A description of the trade catalog collection in
the Hagley Library that includes more than 18,000 catalogs.
White, Katharine S. Onward and Upward in the Garden.
New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, c1979.
A collection of fourteen garden pieces written for
The New Yorker by the wife of E. B. White. These articles were critical
reviews of the literature of garden catalogs from 1958 to 1970.
Whitmore, Lynn. "Memories: A Seed Company Retrospective;"
Seed
World, v128 n8, July 1990, pp9-25.
Short histories of twenty-three American seed companies,
and a history of the French company, Vilmorin, the world's oldest seed
company.
Wickersham, Virginia V. "Field Trip to the Ferry Morse Co. and Sunset Magazine;" Journal of the California Horticultural Society, vXXII n4, Oct. 1961, pp151-152.
Wilson, Alex. "Selling Seeds and Plants;" The
Occasional, 1988, pp11-17.
Highlights seed and nursery catalogs as research
tools. Exhibition from the collection of the Nova Scotia Museum.
Woodburn, Elisabeth. "Horticultural Heritage: The
Influence of U. S. Nurserymen;" Agricultural Literature: Proud Heritage--Future
Promise: A Bicentennial Symposium, September 24-26, 1975. Washington,
DC: Associates of the National Agricultural Library: sold by the Graduate
School Press, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, c1977.
The books and people who developed the American
knowledge of horticulture. "Now we regret that no serious attempt was made
early in our horticultural history to keep continuous files of our seed
and nursery catalogues. No better year by year history of our horticulture
and the men who created it exist. The brief personal notes in some of these
catalogues are real footnotes of history." Prince nursery, John Bartram,
Bernard M'Mahon, David Landreth, Patrick Barry, Andrew Jackson Downing,
Thomas Bridgeman, Robert Buist, Grant Thorburn, Thomas Hibbert, Joseph
Breck, and Thomas Meehan are discussed.
Wright, Richardson Little. The Story of Gardening,
from the Hanging Gardens of Babylon to the Hanging Gardens of New York.
Garden City, NY: Garden City Publishing Co., 1938.
Chapter XIV is called "The Rise of Gardening in
America" and has a section on "The Initial Nurserymen." Landreth, M'Mahon,
Thorburn and Prince nursery are discussed.
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