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Title: Catalogue
Identifier: CAT31283717 (find matches)
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Greening Bros; Greening, Charles E; Greening, George A; River Raisin Valley Nursery; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture) Michigan Monroe Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs
Publisher: Monroe, Mich. : Greening Bros.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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16 GREENING BROS.' CATALOGUE AND FRUIT GROWERS' GUIDE.
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HYDRANGEA (PANICULATA CRANDIFLORA). Stands foremost in rank among the hardy class of shrubbery and blooms from August to November; flowers are white and borne in immense panicles of plume-like form. A very desirable shrub for planting singly or in clusters. To the right in the illustration appears a row of Deutzia Crenata, a very handsome shrub and a prolific bloomer. On the left an orchard of Bartlett pear is shown. li Greening's Fruit Growers' Quide By Cba$. €. Greening. A TREATISE ON PLANTING, PRUNING, CULTURE AND MARKETING. (protected by u. s. copyright. ) HE reader will observe that this catalogue differs from other nursery catalogues in many respects. It does not require a scholar to notice that the object of the author in preparing this book was to furnish as much instructive matter as possible, to impart knowledge acquired by study, observation and experience. Yes, indeed, dear reader, the author has in mind to make this issue a thing of rare beauty, and especially of usefulness - something which will fill a long-felt want, and something which can be referred to with the utmost confidence. Herein we present a complete work on fruit growing, in a handy and condensed form. It will be seen that we treat the subject from the time of planting up to the time that the fruit is placed on the market. Look over, if you please, the list of books treating on fruit growing, and you will find them to be painfully few. Examine the contents of the majority of nursery catalogues issued at the present time and see, for instance, how carelessly the descriptions of fruits, etc., are treated. Indeed, in most cases, these catalogues are noth- ing more nor less than "Stock Catalogues," sold by publishers at a nominal price, made up from catalogues a half century old. cheaply gotten up and containing nothing of practical

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