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Seed and Nursery Catalogs

The Seed and Nursery Catalogs collection includes covers from 250 of the over 10,000 seed and nursery catalogs held by the Libraries as part of our Trade Literatre collections.  Many of the trade catalogs were part of the Burpee Collection, including both Burpee and competitors' catalogs, donated to the Smithsonian's Horticulture Services Division by Mrs. David Burpee in 1982.  The real gems of the collection date from 1830 to the 1930s and are both beautiful and important publications that document the history of the seed and agricultural implement business and provide insight into the history of botany and plant research in the United States, through the introduction of plant varieties. Seed trade catalogs are also a window into the evolution of graphic arts in advertising and the changing fashions in flowers and vegetables. 

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"A noble representative of a noble breed,—Fordhoook eclipse."
"Perpetual green" lawn grass seed from 1898 W. W. Barnard & Co.
The farmer's daughter
"The farmer's daughter"
9 new and choicest vegetable specialties
9 new and choicest vegetable specialties from Alneer Brothers seed & plant catalogue
A boy surveys a garden from Everything for the garden
A group of Cypripediums
A group of Cypripediums from Pitcher and Manda
A partial view of Penrose Nurseries
A partial view of Penrose Nurseries
A photographic view of Wilson's seed farm
A photographic view of Wilson's seed farm
A variety of corn from Oscar H. Will & Co. annual catalog, 1917
A variety of flowers, including pansies, poppies, and morning glories from John A. Salzer's catalogue of plants and seeds, spring 1898
A variety of onions from Maule seed book, 1906
A variety of roses from Seed catalogue and garden guide, 1906
A variety of sweet peas from F. Barteldes & Co. price list and descriptive catalogue, 1894
A variety of tomatoes from Annual of true blue seeds, 1897
A woman and climbing roses from Innisfallen greenhouses: condensed catalogue of special offers in choice plants, seeds & fruits
Amaranthus sunrise from Compliments of the season, 1891
Anemone japonica
Anemone japonica from Rawson's garden manual, 1909
Apples: Clifford, Milton, Abundane, Douglas, and Burbank from Munson 1899-1900
Apples: Clifford, Milton, Abundane, Douglas, and Burbank from Munson 1900-1901
Arum sanctum, the black calla
Arum sanctum, the black calla from Burpee's autumn catalogue 1894
Aster daybreak from Vick's garden and floral guide
Australian brown onion and Burpee's stringless green pod bush bean
Australian brown onion and Burpee's stringless green pod bush bean
Back cover featuring a woman by a pond, from Seeds, plants, and bulbs, 1892
Back cover featuring an onion farm
Back cover featuring birds and flowers from Annual catalogue of seeds, plants, etc., 1891
Back cover featuring child with fruit and vegetables from Rawson's vegetable and flower seeds, 1889
Back cover featuring flowers, from Sutton's amateur's guide in horticulture, 1892
Back cover featuring fruits from Storrs & Harrison co. spring 1896
Back cover featuring Gloxinias from New, rare & beautiful flowers, 1890
Back cover featuring peach, plum, and strawberries from From a push-cart to a trolley-car in fruit growing
Back cover featuring vegetables from Abridged catalogue of Burpee's novelties and specialties in seeds, 1890
Back cover featuring water lilies from E. L. Sturtevant's catalogue of rare water lilies, 1881
Back cover featuring women in the garden, snow, and at the beach
Back cover from 29th year; men, women and children wanted to plant good seeds
Back cover from Farm and Garden Supplies, 1910
Back cover from Illustrated descriptive seed catalogue & gardening guide, 1891
Back cover from Seeds Famous over Seventy Years
Back cover from Seeds Famous over Seventy Years
Back cover from Seeds, 1914
Back cover of Annual catalogue of Chris. Reuter, 1913
Back cover of Annual catalogue of seeds, plants, etc
Back cover of Bulbs and seeds, Autumn 1897
Back cover of Bulbs and seeds, autumn 1898
Back cover of Bulbs and seeds, Autumn 1899
Back cover of Catalogue general de graines, 1915
Back cover of Complete catalogue of golden seeds
Back cover of Cottage Rose Garden catalogue
Back cover of Cottage Rose Garden catalogue, 1897
Back cover of E. J. Bowen seed catalog
Back cover of Garden manual for the southern states from Seed catalogue and garden manual, 1898
Back cover of Harris' rural annual for 1897 and catalogue of Moreton Farm seeds and plants
Back cover of Landreth's American seeds
Back cover of Lee-Kinsey Implement Co. annual catalogue, 1900
Back cover of Manual of everything for the garden, Jubilee edition
Back cover of New floral guide, 1899
Back cover of Planet jr.
Back cover of Reliable Seeds, Plants, Bulbs, Fertilizers, Tools, Etc., 1898
Back cover of Schlegel & Fottler annual catalogue of seeds, plants, &etc., 1892
Back cover of Schlegel and Fottler Catalogue of Seeds, Plants, etc., 1895
Back cover of Seed and bulb manual, 1898
Back cover of seed potatoes and early seeds
Back cover of Seens and annual catalogue, 1910
Back cover of Seens and annual catalogue, 1911
Back cover of the 1896 Albany seed store catalogue
Back cover of Vick's illustrated catalogue and floral guide for 1872
Bags of peas from American grown seeds, 1898
Barley from Good seeds at fair prices 1898
Basket of potatoes from Jerrard's seed potatoes, our 18th annual price list
Begonia, Gloire de Lorraine
Begonias and Gloxinias from John Gardiner & Co. seed annual, 1896
Belle Siebrecht rose from G. R. Gause & Co. catalogue of flowers, 1896
Black pansy from I. V. Faust garden, field, and flower seeds, 1888
Blue cover of Franz & Neuner, Inc. floral catalogue
Bolgiano's 100 Years
Boy with wheelbarrow and dog from Michell's seeds, planst, bulbs, etc.
Brazilian melon fruit
Brilliant winter blooming bulbs from John A. Salzer's catalogue of plants and seeds, 1895
Broadcast hand seed sowers
Broadcast hand seed sowers from Catalogue of Everitt's celebrated man weight farm and garden tools, 1893
Burpee's melrose melon
Burpee's melrose melon
Cabbages and potatoes from Harris' rural annual for 1897 and catalogue of Moreton Farm seeds and plants

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