GENERAL CATALOGUE. 



soils and climates of the country, and, in fact, upon all that concerns fruits and fruit-tree 

 culture. The information which has by these means been placed within our reach, added 

 to the results of our own experience and close and constant observation, enables us to 

 correct many errors which unavoidably existed before. We have given much attention to 

 th^ work of testing varieties. Our experimental grounds have cost us much, in both money 

 and labor; but we are well pleased with the investment, for it enables us to carry forward 

 our work with a degree of intelligence that is in a measure satisfactory to ourselves, and 

 gives to our patrons a reasonable guarantee of our accuracy." 



The Editor of the American Rural Home, in writing recently of the Nurseries, said : 



''We think that we are speaking within bounds when we say that the Mount Hope 

 Nurseries, in this city, founded and perfected by Messrs. Ellwanger & Barry, are the most 

 complete nurseries on the American continent. There are others, doubtless, that cover 

 more acres, devoted to two or three specialties, as apples, pears, etc., but no other in which 

 the various species of fruit and ornamental trees, shrubs, vines and plants are so fully and 

 so well represented. The professional horticulturist, florist and landscape gardener can 

 find a better opportunity of examining specimens and studying their peculiar merits here 

 than elsewhere, and the amateur who wishes to ornament his grounds with the choicest 

 that will grow in our climate, will be more certain to find them here than in any other 

 nursery in our land. The products of this grand nursery have been scattered all over the 

 United States, and have been sent far beyond our borders. Scarcely a city, town or hamlet 

 in this country but has been made more beautiful and enjoyable by its contributions. It 

 must afford the honorable proprietors in this, the afternoon of their lives, a great deal of 

 pleasure, when they reflect how much they have contributed to the physical comfort, the 

 refinement and the moral elevation of their countrymen by a vocation which, while it has 

 conferred such blessings upon our people, has brought a generous return to themselves." 



We have thus placed before our patrons in a concise form the history of the origin, 

 progress and developement of what has certainly proved to be one of the largest commercial 

 enterprises of the country. 



The City of Rochester during the period of her early growth profited largely from the 

 employment of so large a number of men, and the impetus then received contributed 

 greatly to her future prosperity. 



At the present writing our Nursery is fully up to the times. The stock is large and 

 complete, both in the fruit and ornamental departments, and embraces, besides all the old 

 standard varieties, a number of novelties which seem to have merit. 



We have recently erected a new storage house of large capacity, which makes the third 

 of these houses that we have built. All are filled with choice fruit and ornamental trees, 

 shrubs, roses, small fruits, grapes, pseonies and plants, forming a complete assortment. We 

 are therefore prepared to fill orders all winter for early planting. 



We retain our large force of skilled nursery assistants and are unusually well equipped 

 to execute all orders, large or small, promptly and correctly, and upon the most favorable 

 terms. 



ELLWAI^GEE & BAEET. 



