Excerpt from A Descriptive Catalogue of a Choice Collection of Flower, Vegetable and Agricultural Seeds, 1860: Containing All the Select Varieties of Our Own Growth, Also a Large Assortment Selected From the Stocks of the First Continental and English Growers We would also invite your attention to our choice collections of french and ger man flower seeds, page 9, containing the most beautiful varieties of each species, saved with the greatest care, by the most experienced Continental Florists, the quality of which cannot be excelled. We have endeavored to follow, as near as possible, an alphabetical arrangement, and in those cases where a flower is better known by its popular than by its botanic name, we have placed the former, which we trust will be satisfactory. To those of our friends who prefer to leave the selection of their seeds to us, we would recommend our Assortments on page 8, which will be found to embrace only such sorts as are of real merit, and every way worthy of cultivation. The Vegetable Seed department will be found very, complete, and comprises all that is essential in variety for the various requirements of the Kitchen or Market Garden. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.

Excerpt from Descriptive Catalogue of a Large and Selected Assortment of Seeds, 1859: Comprising an Extensive Variety of the Best and Most Reliable Vegetable and Agricultural Seeds, and a Choice Collection of Flower Seeds The attention of amateurs and others is requested to the choice assortments of Flower Seeds, which consist of the most select and beautiful varieties of those favorite annuals. The seeds of many of these assortments were cultivated under our personal supervision; others were received direct from the same sources in Germany and France as those we have heretofore sold, and which have been so generally admired, and we are confident that they cannot fail to please the most fastidious cultivator of this class of flowers. We also respectfully ask attention to our offers to send Flower seeds by mail, free of postage, to purchasers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.

Between 1850 and 1880, Americans of all ranks and circumstances planted shade trees, cultivated flower gardens, and established lawns with a new found enthusiasm that both astonished and delighted horticultural advocates. For Shade and For Comfort explores this unprecedented burst of horticultural interest and documents its influence on Midwestern domestic landscapes. Drawing upon a wide range of largely unexplored resources - including lithographic images of farm, village, and city homes; agricultural society records; nursery and seed catalogues; and the diaries and letters of local residents - this innovative study examines how advocates encouraged ornamental plant interest and then considers the significance of trees and flowers for their mid-nineteenth-century promoters and for the people who planted and nurtured them. From these diverse perspectives, ornamental plants emerge as densely layered cultural symbols offering not only a very real touch of shade or beauty, but for many, a sense of security and comfort amidst a rapidly changing American society. With its careful portrayal of actual ornamental plant use, its examination of nineteenth century horticultural advice literature and the nursery and seed trades, and its insightful analysis of the meanings attached to shade trees and flower gardens, For Shade and For Comfort will appeal to rural, cultural, and environmental historians, historians of the Midwest, historic preservationists, and those who simply love horticulture and gardening.