. 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. PRITCHARDIA 1437 aiicl liis t;n-ut i-mri;\. lli- w;is 'i't((l witU the Amen- Ciiu Institute, National Pomological Society, Massachu- setts Horticultural Society ami many other important or- ganizations, in whose transactions he took a prominent part. In 1830 he
. 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. PRITCHARDIA 1437 aiicl liis t;n-ut i-mri;\. lli- w;is 'i't((l witU the Amen- Ciiu Institute, National Pomological Society, Massachu- setts Horticultural Society ami many other important or- ganizations, in whose transactions he took a prominent part. In 1830 he wrote, with the assistance of his father, the "Treatise on the Vine," a work of high importance. In 1831 he issued the "Pomological Manual" in two vol- umes, an important treatise on all fruits except apples. In 1846 he published the "Manual of ; In his later days Mr. Prince received the honorary degrees of and When a boy he was sent for a year to Canada in order to become prolicient in Freufh, as there were then no schools of languages in , and the European correspondence was an iui[ feature in the horti- cultural business. In ins .â ari\ manhood he botanized thrniiKh the .-ntirr In,.. ..f All^nlir States in eoiupany tint . State the jlde Chil burias, Mt. Atlas cedars, paulownias and purple beeches are to be found to-day in the grounds of the Prince homestead, together with many other unique specimens. When the disease of the Irish potato caused a fear that it would have to be replaced by some other vegetable, he imported the Chinese yam or potato {Uioscorea Ba- tatas), paying $600 for the tubers contained in the first consignment, âa consignment which could be placed in a small box. About the same time he introduced sor- ghum, or Chinese sugar cane. He was unwearied in his endeavors to promote silk culture in the United States. He imported not only the silkworms but the mulberry trees to feed them, and built a
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