Catalogue of Fruit and Ornamental Trees and Plants, Bulbous Flower Roots, Green-House Plants, &C. &C

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Excerpt from Catalogue of Fruit and Ornamental Trees and Plants, Bulbous Flower Roots, Green-House Plants, &C., &C, : Cultivated at the Linnaean Botanic Garden, William Prince, Proprietor, Flushing, Long-Island, Near New-YorkThe Linnazan Garden was commenced about the middle of the last century, by Wmusn acs, the father of the present proprietor, at a time when there were few or no establishments of the kind in this country. It was begun by rearing a few trees to orna ment his own grounds, but finding, after his first efforts had been attended with success, that he could devote a portion of his lands more lucratively to their cultivation for sale, than to other purposes, be commenced their culture 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. At that period the study of Botany received but little attention in our country, and the labours of the great Linnaeus had not yet shone upon the world, although his diligent re searches in the great field of science were not unknown to the favoured few who were honoured with his cor respondence. Almost the only aid, therefore, which the founder of this garden possessed, to enable him to develope the great Book of Nature, was derived from his own persevering genius and assiduity.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.