Ellwanger & Barry Mt Hope Ellwanger & Barry Mt Hope Nurseries 1916 ellwangerbarrymt1916moun Year: 1916 Announcement STEPHEN GIRARD said : 'If I knew I should die to- morrow, I should plant a tree today.' Since 1840 Ellwanger & Barry have planted and dis- tributed many trees—this old elm, 75 years old, which rears its branches near the Ellwanger & Barry offices is the first of these—but more important, the Ellwanger & Barry business itself, the branches of which have grown and spread luitil the name of the firm has become known in every part of the world where trees can be grown. ISIount Hope
Ellwanger & Barry Mt Hope Ellwanger & Barry Mt Hope Nurseries 1916 ellwangerbarrymt1916moun Year: 1916 Announcement STEPHEN GIRARD said : 'If I knew I should die to- morrow, I should plant a tree today.' Since 1840 Ellwanger & Barry have planted and dis- tributed many trees—this old elm, 75 years old, which rears its branches near the Ellwanger & Barry offices is the first of these—but more important, the Ellwanger & Barry business itself, the branches of which have grown and spread luitil the name of the firm has become known in every part of the world where trees can be grown. ISIount Hope is the name of a gentle elevation on the out- skirts of Rochester, and it seems prophetic that Ellwanger & Barry should have chosen the place of this name for the com^mence- ment of their enterprise. The soil of Mount Hope, varying from the rich loams which have made Western New York farm land famous, to the sandy and sometimes gravelly type of soil in which clay predominates, was ideal ground for experimental effort, but little did Ellwan- ger & Barry surmise the extent of their success-to-be. Ellwanger & Barry trees have been shipped to the four quarters of the globe, and are growing in China, Japan, New Zealand, Australia and Arabia. The Imperial Gardens at Tokio, Japan, are supplied with Ellwanger & Bairy trees. The United States Consul at Manila wrote of them: 'The Imperial Gardens at Tokio, Japan, are the finest seen and said to be the most attractive in the East. These were, years ago, stocked from the great Nurseries of Ellwanger & Barry of the Flower City.' The success of this pioneer nursery establishment, as is the rule, gave rise to many competitors and was the cause of Rochester being called the Flower City instead of the Flour City, as it was originally termed. The bom tree lover's interest in the pomological and scientific phases of their calling, quickly prompted Ellwanger & Barry to devote quite a large part of their grounds to strictly experimental purpose
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