. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. HORTICULTURE ment: "The Linnoean (rarden was commenced about the middle of the last century by WL'liam Prince, the father of the present proprietor, at a time when there were few or no establishments of the kind in this country. It originated from his rearing a fe
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. HORTICULTURE ment: "The Linnoean (rarden was commenced about the middle of the last century by WL'liam Prince, the father of the present proprietor, at a time when there were few or no establishments of the kind in this country. It originated from his rearing a few trees to ornament his own grounds ; but finding, after the first efforts had been attended with success, that he could devote a por- tion of his lands more lucratively to their cultivation for sale than to other purposes, he commenced their cul- ture more extensively, and shortly after published a catalogue, which, at that early period, contained several hundred species and varieties, and hence arose the first extensive fruit collection in ; The elaer Prince died in 1802, "at an advanced ; Amongst the nurseries which were prominent from 1S20 to 1830 were Bloodgood's, Wilson's, Parmentier's, and Hogg's, near New York ; Buel and Wilson's, at Albany; Sinclair and Moore's, at Baltimore. David Thomas, a man of great character, and possessed of scientific attainments, was the earliest horticulturist of central or ^est em New York. His collection of fruits at \iiroia, upon Cayuga Lake, was begun about ls;i) Mis son, .John .J. Thomas, nurseryman and lutlioi ot the "American Fruit Guitarist," wlm h lu^i ap peared in 1846, died at a ripe old age in Is'i',. and in his removal the country lost <me of its most expert, systematic and conscientious ponml ogists. The nursery firm of Parsons & on Long Island, was founded in 1838, and is con tinning. It was instrumental in distributing great quantities of fruit and ornamental stock at a formativ
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