HORTICULTURE, LITERATURE OF 



1523 



The awakening pomology of tho region west of the 

 AUeghanics found expression in Elliott's "Fruit Book," 

 1854, whose author wrote from Cleveland, and which 

 went to a new edition in 1859 as "The Western Fruit 

 Book," with the preface dated at St. Louis; and Hoop- 

 er's "Western Fruit Book," 1857, written at Cirtcinnati. 

 John A. Warder was a guiding spirit of the opening 

 West. 



The earliest separate grape book was published in 

 Washington in 1823, by the prophetic Adlum, "A 

 Memoir on the Cultivation of the Vine in America." 

 This went to a second edition in 1828. Before this time 

 (1806), S. W. Johnson had devoted much space to the 

 grape in his "Rural Economy," pubhshed at New Bruns- 

 wick, N. J., and he pubh.shed interesting pictures of 

 grape-training (Fig. 1859). Adlum's book was followed 

 in 1826 by the "American Vine Dresser's Guide," by 

 Dufour. This important work also gave pictures of 

 grape-training, one of which is reproduced in Fig. 1860. 

 The larger number of the grape books appeared before 

 the close of the Civil War, although the larger part of 

 the development of the subject has taken place since 

 that time. 



LIST OF AMERICAN HORTICULTURAL BOOKS 



The purpose of the following list is to record all the 

 regular publishers' or book-trade books, and their 

 editions, on fruit-growing, flower-growing, vegetable- 

 gardening, and closely related subjects, that have been 

 pubhshed in the United States and Caniida to the close 

 of the year 1914. It does not include British or other 

 imported books that apparenth' are printed abroad 

 and then bound up in this coimtrj' with a new title- 

 page, or even those of foreign authorship that are 

 merely reprinted in this country, for the reason that 

 they do not represent American experience and are 

 really not American works. Neither does the Ust con- 

 tain all excerpts or separates of articles or addresses 

 that may be put in pamphlet form, nor the reports and 

 pubhcations of government departments. Revisions 

 and modified editions, as indicated by new copj'right 

 or changed title-page, are included, but not new 

 impressions or re-issues. 



The entries comprise the name of the author (or 

 editor) as given on the title-page, the exact title, the 

 phraseology of the subtitles, whether illustrated, place 

 of pubhcation, date (n. d. means that no date is given on 

 the title-page), date of copyright (n. c. means that there 

 is no copyright imprint), pubhsher, number of pages 

 (roman numerals are those of prefatory pages), and size 

 of the bound volume to one-quarter of an inch. It is 

 intended that the capitaUzation and punctuation of the 

 original shall be foOowed, but as the list has been com- 

 piled from several sources it has been impossible to be 

 consistent in these details. The name of the author is 

 intended to be given in the form in which it appears in 

 the given book, on the assumption that the author's 

 wishes and usage are to be respected. 



Every pains has been taken to make this list accu- 

 rate and complete. It was first put in type more than 

 two years ago, and it has been gone over by many 

 persons. Revised proofs have been taken and these 

 have again been gone over. Special aid has been given 

 by the Library of the United States Department of 

 Agriculture, Library of Congress, and the Ma.ssachu- 

 sctts Horticultural Society. 



Abbott, Francis B. Hand-Book of Small Fruits. Illus. Chicago. 



111. n. d. Paper 5 Ji X 3 H. [1889?] 

 AoAiss. H. S. Flower Gardening. lUus. New York. 191.3. [c. 



1913.) McBride, Nast & Co. 253 pp. SxTJ^. 

 . Lilies. Being one of a series of flower monographs. Illua. 



N'ew York. 1913. (c. 1913.] McBride, Nast & Co. 116 pp. 



5x7. 

 . Making a Rock Garden. Illus. New York. 1912. [c. 



1912.) McBride, Nast & Co. 52 pp. fi'AxiH- (House and 



Garden Making Books.) 



Adlu.m, John. A Memoir on the Cultivation of the Vine in America, 

 and the Best Mode of Making Wine. Washington. 1823. 

 [c. 1S23.] Davis & Force. 142 pp. 



. The same. 2d ed. Washington. 1828. (c. 1828.1 William 



Greer. 180 pp. 



Agar, M.adeline. Garden Design in Theory and Practice. Illus. 

 Philadelphia. 1912. J. B. Lippincott Company. 272 pp. 9 in. 



.\gricoi-a, p. The New York Gardener; or, twelve letters from a 

 farmer to hi;^ son. in wliich he describes the method of laying 

 out and managing the kitchen garden. White Creek. 1827. 

 (n. c.) Published by .\. Crosby. G. M. Davison, Printer, 

 Saratoga Springs. 96 pp. 7 x 4 J-^. 



Albattgh, Benjamin F. The Gardenette; or. City Back Yard 

 Garden by the Sandwich System ... a complete Guide for 

 the .\mateur Gardener. Illus. Piqua, O. 1912. The Magee 

 Bros. Co., Printers. 64 pp. 9 in. 



Albee, Helen R. Hardy Plants for Cottage Gardens. Illus. New 

 York. 1910. H. Holt & Co. vi + 309 pp. 8 in. (American 

 Nature Series. Group IV. Working with Nature.) 



Alderman. W. H. See Hedrick, U. P. The Plums of New York. 



Allen, C. L. Bulbs and Tuberous-rooted Plants; their history, 

 descripti-m. methods of propagation and complete directions 

 for their successful culture in the garden, dwelling and green- 

 house. Illus. New York. 1893. [c. 1893.] Orange Judd Com- 

 pany. vi-h31] pp. SxoJ^. 



. Cabbage, Cauliflower and Allied Vegetables from Seed 



to Harvest. Illus. New York. 1901. [c. 1901.) Orange Judd 

 Company, xvi + 127 pp. 7^2 x 5. 



Allen, John Fisk. The Culture of the Grape. Embracing Direc- 

 tions for the Treatment of the Vine, in the Northern .States of 

 .\merica, in the open air, and under glass structures, with and 

 without artificial heat. Illus. Boston. 1847. Dutton & Went- 

 worth, Printers. 55 pp. 9^4 in. 



. A Practical Treatise on the Culture and Treatment of the 



Grape Vine; embracing its history, with directions for its 

 treatment, in the United States of .\merica, in the open air, 

 and under glass structures, with and without artificial heat. 

 Illus. 2d ed., enlarged. Boston. 1848. (c. 1848.) Dutton & Went- 

 worth. 247 pp. 



. The same. Illus. 3d ed., enlarged and revised. New 



York. 1853. [c. 1853.J C. M. Sa.xton, Barker & Co. 330 pp. 

 7?4xSH. 



. Victoria Regia; or, the great water lily of Ainerica. With 



a brief account of its discoverj' and introduction into cultiva- 

 tion. With illustrations by William Sharp, from specimens 

 grown at Salem, Alass., U. S. A. Colored plate. Boston. 

 1854. Ic 1854.] Dutton & Wentworth. 17 pp. 27 x 21. 



Allen, Lewis F. Rural Architecture; being a complete descrip- 

 tion of farmhouses, cottages, and outbuildings, comprising 

 wood houses, workshops, tool houses, carriage and wagon 

 houses, stables, smoke and ash houses, ice-houses, apiary or 

 bee house, poultry houses, rabbitr>', dovecote, piggery, barns 

 and sheds for cattle, etc., together with lawns, pleasure grounds 

 and parks; the flower, fruit and vegetable garden; also, useful 

 and ornamental domestic animals for the country resident, etc.; 

 atso, the best method of conducting water into cattle yards 

 and houses. Beautifully illustrated. New York. 1863. |c. 1852.] 

 C. M. Saxton. 378 pp. 8x5. 



. The same. A.O.Moore; also by Orange Judd & Co. 7J^i5, 



. See Smith, C. H. J. Landscape Gardening. 



.\llen. Phoebe, and Godfrey, Dr. Miniature and Window Gar- 

 dening. New York. 1902. J. Pott & Co. 100 pp. 7M in. 



Allen, Walter Fox. English Walnuts; what you need to know 

 about planting, cultivating and harvesting this most delicious 

 of nuta. Illus. Lawrenceville, N. J. |o. 1912.) W. F. Allen. 

 29 pp. 6H in. 



Alwood, Wm. B. a series of bulletins on Orchard Technique. 

 Bulletins 97-101, Virginia .Agricultural Experiment Station. 

 With notes on insecticides by J. L. Phillips and H. L. Price. 

 Illiis. Roanoke, Va. 1900. Stone Printing and Manufacturing 

 Company. 125 pp. "Orchard Technique" on cover. 



America Chrysanthemum .An'nu.^l, 1895. See Barker, Michael. 



.American Florist Company's Directory of Florists, Nursery- 

 men and Seedsmen of the LTnited States and Canada. Chicago. 

 1S90. Ic. 1S90.J Published by the .American Florist Company. 

 123pp. SS^xe. 



195 pp. 



270 pp. 



.335 pp. TA'^i'A- 



351 pp. 



358 pp. 



3S4 pp. 



397 pp. 



416 pp. 



415 pp. 



407 pp. 



451 pp. 



475 pp. 



496 pp. 



507 pp. 



