Archive image from page 284 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. 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 cyclopediaofamer02bail2 Year: 1900 HORTICULTURE HORTICULTURE 767 ment: 'The Linnsean (iarden was commenced about the middle of the last century by William Prince, the father of the present proprietor, at a time Avhen there were few or no establ
Archive image from page 284 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. 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 cyclopediaofamer02bail2 Year: 1900 HORTICULTURE HORTICULTURE 767 ment: 'The Linnsean (iarden was commenced about the middle of the last century by William Prince, the father of the present proprietor, at a time Avhen 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 culti\ation 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 America.' The elder Prince died in 1802, 'at an advanced age.' Amongst the nurseries which were prominent from IS'20 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 T'homas, a man of great character, and possessed of scientific attainments, was the earliest horticulturist of central or west- ern New York. His collection of fruits at Aurora, upon Cayuga Lake, was begun about 1830. His son, John J. Thomas, nurseryman and author of the 'American Fruit Culturist,' which first ap- peared in 1846, died at a ripe old age in 1895, and in his removal the country lost one of its most expert, systematic and conscientious pomol- ogists. The nursery firm of Parsons & Co., on Long Island, was founded in 1838, and is con- tinuing. It was instrumental in distributing great quantities
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