Archive image from page 4 of Descriptive illustrated catalogue of new. Descriptive illustrated catalogue of new and rare seeds, plants, and bulbs . descriptiveillus1893unit Year: 1893 LTl IN NOT ONLY the trained gardener, but the amateur as well, has doubtless long since observed the misapplication of this title ' Novelties ' by concerns publish- ing large editions of gorgeous catalogues, and claiming to present under this heading flowers, plants and vegetables recently discovered or originated, which are brought into notice by impossible drawings and glowing descriptions, seemingly with b
Archive image from page 4 of Descriptive illustrated catalogue of new. Descriptive illustrated catalogue of new and rare seeds, plants, and bulbs . descriptiveillus1893unit Year: 1893 LTl IN NOT ONLY the trained gardener, but the amateur as well, has doubtless long since observed the misapplication of this title ' Novelties ' by concerns publish- ing large editions of gorgeous catalogues, and claiming to present under this heading flowers, plants and vegetables recently discovered or originated, which are brought into notice by impossible drawings and glowing descriptions, seemingly with but one object—that of selling To a very great extent this bad practice has lessened the credibility and due appreciation of the gardening public for any really new and desirable article brought before their notice by modest and true representations, many of these so-called and highly lauded novelties having turned out, after testing, to be either complete delusions or mere resurrections of some old and forgotten types, that never had sufficient individuality or merit to deserve continued prominence. Although our establishment is not one of the oldest, yet we are recognized as leading originators and disseminators in a proper manner of really valuable new and distinct plants, which have come promptly to the front and received acknowledgment and wide distribution as the best of their respective classes. In the following pages the majority of plants offered are of our raising or introduction, while others we have selected from the descriptions of other reliable growers, with confidence that they are just what they are represented to be. A catalogue of new and rare plants, seeds and bulbs does not necessarily cover only introductions which are thus presented for the first time, but many which, though exhib- ited and brought before the public before, were not in sufficient quantity to give the gar- dening public an opportunity to possess them. While we include some such articles,
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