Announcement 



STEPHEN GIRARD said : "If I knew I should die to- 

 morrow, I should plant a tree today." 

 Since 1840 Ellwanger & Barry have planted and dis- 

 tributed many trees — this old elm, 75 years old, which 

 rears its branches near the Ellwanger & Barry offices is the 

 first of these — but more important, the Ellwanger & Barry 

 business itself, the branches of which have grown and spread 

 luitil the name of the firm has become known in every part of 

 the world where trees can be grown. 



ISIount Hope is the name of a gentle elevation on the out- 

 skirts of Rochester, and it seems prophetic that Ellwanger & Barry 

 should have chosen the place of this name for the com^mence- 

 ment of their enterprise. 



The soil of Mount Hope, varying from the rich loams which 

 have made Western New York farm land famous, to the sandy 

 and sometimes gravelly type of soil in which clay predominates, 

 was ideal ground for experimental effort, but little did Ellwan- 

 ger & Barry surmise the extent of their success-to-be. 



Ellwanger & Barry trees have been shipped to the four 

 quarters of the globe, and are growing in China, Japan, New 

 Zealand, Australia and Arabia. 



The Imperial Gardens at Tokio, Japan, are supplied with 

 Ellwanger & Bairy trees. The United States Consul at Manila 

 wrote of them: 



"The Imperial Gardens at Tokio, Japan, are the finest 

 seen and said to be the most attractive in the East. 

 These were, years ago, stocked from the great Nurseries 

 of Ellwanger & Barry of the Flower City." 



The success of this pioneer nursery establishment, as is the rule, gave rise to many competitors and was the 

 cause of Rochester being called the Flower City instead of the Flour City, as it was originally termed. 



The bom tree lover's interest in the pomological and scientific phases of their calling, quickly prompted 

 Ellwanger & Barry to devote quite a large part of their grounds to strictly experimental purposes. Variety test- 

 ing in those days was even more of a question than it is at present. Planters were without experience and without 

 counselors, so that definite and accurate knowledge which could only be gained through practical experiment was 

 wanting, and they immediately set about supplying this great need by planting experimental orchards of apples, 

 pears, plums, peaches, cherries and other fruits. These test groimds, maintained for over half a century at great 

 expense, have enabled this firm to give accurate and reliable descriptions in their annual catalogues, thus making 

 these publications valuable guides to orchardists, gardeners, and planters generally, and the catalogues have been 

 edited with such care and accuracy that they are used in many of the Agricultural Schools as works of reference; 

 besides their named collections of all kinds of fruits have been furnished to a large number of the Agricultural 

 Schools for study and use in connection with college work. The great collections of fruit have also enabled the 

 company to make extraordinary annual exhibitions at the Fairs in various States and at the biennial meetings 

 of the American Pomological Society, at all of which they were awarded many valuable prizes. The chief edu- 

 cational features of these exhibitions have been the Ellwanger & Barry exhibits of fruits. 



Lovers of trees or plants are welcome to visit the grounds of the Mount Hope Nurseries, where may be seen 

 many handsome, well developed specimens of rare trees and shrubs. One of the most interesting features is a 

 small group of the Sequoia, the giant redwood of California. These trees, in spite of the severe climate, have 

 developed into large, interesting specimens, and they are the largest of their kind growing east of the Rocky 

 Mountains. 



From the first Ellwanger & Barry have made the propagation of the rarer ornamentals a specialty, and in 

 order to accomplish this they have employed labor which had been trained in European Schools. 



As a member of the American Peony Society the Company has taken an active part in studying the nomen- 

 clature of this popular flower, and their collection is very choice and extensive. 



Ellwanger & Barry have always given much attention to the propagation of dwarf fruit trees, such as apples 

 and pears, which are prized by fruit growers, first of all because of their early bearing qualities. Dwarf trees 

 occupy little space and bear three or four years after being set out; some varieties bear the second year. This 

 kind of tree is peculiarly suited to small grounds or gardens, city yards, etc. They are both useful and ornamental. 

 It must be said that they are not intended for orchard planting. 



To inspect the nurseries proper where the staple ornamentals and standard varieties of fruits are grown in 

 great quantities, it is necessary to go beyond the boundaries of Rochester and some distance from the home grounds, 

 and here is evidence of the same careful and systematic management that is manifested in the home area. 



Ellwanger & Barry are and have been, first of all, a public service institution, and after that a business house. 

 The thousands of fruit trees that they have propagated and caused to be planted everywhere, are now yielding 

 crops of immense value. Unproductive and unprofitable regions have been made productive and highly re- 

 munerative, and an industry has been established which is now adding greatly to the wealth and prosperity of 

 the country. Their ornamental trees, shrubs and plants, for parks, public and private grounds and gardens, 

 are being shipped and used everywhere for embellishment and beautification. 



