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 cyclopediaofam02bail Year: 1900 1090 One 1764 that time that he had 'also for sale an extensive variety of Asiatic, South Sea Islands, African and European seeds of the most curious and rare kinds.' 'The prices shall be moderate, and due allowa
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 cyclopediaofam02bail Year: 1900 1090 One 1764 that time that he had 'also for sale an extensive variety of Asiatic, South Sea Islands, African and European seeds of the most curious and rare kinds.' 'The prices shall be moderate, and due allowance will be made to those who buy to sell again.' M'Mahon, through busi- length by 12 in breadth. Brick foiindafion 2 feet high, half a foot of which to be underground.—Robert Squibb, Gardener's Calendar, Charleston, S. C. 1827. once every two weeks between New York and Boston. In 17/5, a through mail was established by Postmaster Franklin between Boston and Savannah, the letters be- ing carried by post riders, each man covering 25 miles. Previous to that date, sixty days would frequently pass without a mail from Virginia.' Landreth estimates that there are now nearly two hundred seed firms in the United States publishing and distributing descriptive seed catalogues. Greenhouses. — The first glasshouse in North America was probably that erected early in last century in Bos- ton, by Andrew Faneuil, who died in 1737. Tliis passed to his nephew, Peter Faneuil, whn built Katn-iiil Hall. The greenhouse which is commonly . to be the first one built in the country was fr»<-tn<l in 1 iiit in New York, for James Beekman. A of tliis, from Taft's' Greenhouse Construction,' is shown in Fig. 1090. Glasshouses were fully described in 1804 by Gardiner and Hepburn, and in 1806 by M'Mahon, but these authors do not state to what extent such structures existed in America. In Doctor Hosack's botanic garden, 1801, ex- tensive glasshouses were erected. Compare Pigs. 9
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