THE POMOLOGICAL MANUAL;; or, A Treatise on Fruits: containing descriptions of a great number of the most valuable varieties for the orchard and garden by ...aided by Robert Prince, proprietor of the Linnean Botanic Garden and Nurseries ... 2 parts, bound in one
NY: Swords et al, 1832. Second Edition. 8vo, pp 200, 216 Bound in original linen-backed boards with paper label. Bookplate removed from front paste-down, some foxed, a very good copy Imprints 14371. Item #13585
Hedrick says that in the middle of the 19th century, the Prince nursery led all others in size and number of species offered. In 1827 the Linnean Botanic Garden contained more than a 100 species of Australian plants ... in 1828 the garden had for sale more than 600 kinds of roses. The collection of dahlias at one time numbered 350 kinds; and there were, in the later days of the nursery, enormous collections of camellias and citrus fruits. They were the first nurseries to sell budded or grafted fruit trees, previously, nearly all of the orchards of fruit trees in America were seedlings[Hedrick]. This was originally issued in 1831.
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