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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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Sweet peas and pansies from Cole's garden, farm & flower seeds, 1896
Sweet peas and pansies from the 1896 Albany seed store catalogue
Sweet peas and roamer roses from Complete catalogue of famous seeds, plants, bulbs etc., 1898
Sweet peas and roses from Alneer Brothers seed & plant catalogue
Sweet peas from Cole's garden annual
Sweet peas from D. M. Ferry & Co. seed annual
Sweet peas from Flowers from seeds
Sweet peas from Manual of everything for the garden, 1896
Sweet peas from Maule's seed catalogue, 1896
Sweet peas from Mitchell's highest quality seeds, 1898
Sweet peas from Perry Seed Store annual catalogue, 1896
Sweet peas from Special advertisement of Burpee's seeds, 1893
Sweet peas from Unique list of the best seeds that grow, 1898
Sweet peas from Vick's little gem catalogue, 1899
Sweet peas from Wm. Henry Maule seed catalogue
Sweet peas, watermelon, and a variety of vegetables of Illustrated catalogue of everything for flower and vegetable garden
Sweet potato and corn from Huntington & Page tested seeds, 1898
The
The "Memorial" Rose from Manual of everything for the garden
The $1600 Tomato
The $1600 Tomato from Maule's seed catalogue for 1887
The Chinese lantern plant
The Chinese lantern plant from Our new guide, 1897
The famous Rocky Ford melon
The famous Rocky Ford melon from Burpee's new annual, 1910
The Lorentz peach
The Lorentz peach from Everything for the fruit grower
The scarlet Mexican lily
The scarlet Mexican lily from Our new guide, 1897
The wonderful Freeman potato
The wonderful Freeman potato from Illustrated catalogue of seeds and implements, 1894
Tomato and peas from Buist's garden guide and almanac
Tomato and peas from Garden guide and almanac
Tomato and watermelon from Wholesale catalogue of vegetable seeds for market gardeners and truckers
Tomatoes from Annual true blue seeds, 1894
Tomatoes from Harden Seed co. garden flower and farm seeds, 1916
Tomatoes from New sweet peas - trade list, 1899
Tomatoes, peppers and cabbages from Maule's seed catalogue for 1888
Tree roses from Roses, bulbs, plants, seeds, 1894
Tulips from Bulbs for Fall planting, 1906
Tulips from Bulbs, plants, seeds, for autumn planting, 1892
Tulips from Childs' fall catalogue of bulbs and plants that bloom, 1899
Two hardy climbing roses
Two hardy climbing roses
Variety of peaches from From a push-cart to a trolley-car in fruit growing
Various calla from Childs' fall catalogue of bulbs, 1898
Various flowers from Fall catalog of bulbs, roses and other beautiful flowers for winter and spring bloom, 1897
Various fruits and flowers from Lovett's guide, 1896
Various fruits and vegetables from Alneer Brothers seed and plant catalogue
Various fruits and vegetables from F. C. Heinemann special trade offer of novelties and specialties, 1898
Various vegetables and fruits from John A. Salzer Seed Co.'s abridged catalogue of plants, seeds and tools, spring 1911
Various vegetables and fruits from Seed catalogue and garden guide
Various vegetables from A. W. Livingston's sons seed annual, 1898
Various vegetables from Bolgiano's 100 years
Various vegetables from Brotherton & sons spring catalogue, 1897
Various vegetables from Catalogue of choice seeds, 1898
Various vegetables from Garden & farm manual
Various vegetables from Garden manual for the Southern states
Various vegetables from Garden, field & flower seeds, 1896
Various vegetables from True blue seeds, 1896
Vegetables and flowers from D. M. Ferry & Co. seed annual, 1878
Vegetables and fruits from Iowa seed co. annual catalogue
Vegetables and sunflowers from Bauscher's seed and plant guide, 1898
Vegetables at a county fair from H. W. Buckbee seed & plant guide
Vegetables from Cole's garden, farm & flower seeds, 1896
Vegetables from Garden manual 1896. For the southern states
Velvet sod lawn grass
Velvet sod lawn grass from Storrs & Harrison co. spring 1898
View of Dippe Brothers' offices and seed warehouses at Quedlinburg
View of Dippe Brothers' offices and seed warehouses at Quedlinburg
View of nurseries from Nanz & Neuner, inc. floral catalogue
Watermelon, corn, lettuce, and tomatoes from Cole's garden annual
Watermelons and strawberries from John A. Salzer Seed co. spring 1897
Wax beans and tomatoes from Cole's garden annual, 1897
Wheat from John A. Salzer's catalogue of plants and seeds
Wm. Henry Maule warehouse and offices
Woman and children pick tomatoes from Annual of true blue seeds, 1894
Woman golfing from Lovett's guide, 1898
Woman rowing a boat full of fruits and vegetables from Buist's garden guide and almanac 1898
Women and Verbena from Miss C.H. Lippincott flower seeds, 1899

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