PREFACE 



TO THE 



THIRD EDITION OF OUR GENERAL CATALOGUE. 



The first edition of our general catalogue, issued in 1890, the fiftieth year of the establishment of the 

 firm of Ellwanger & Barry, gave such general satisfaction that we have concluded to publish the third 

 edition in similar style, but with revised and complete descriptions. The simple and systematic arrange- 

 ment which has been adopted, combined with a complete index, renders the publication very convenient 

 for reference, and of great assistance to our patrons in making up their orders. 



We have taken special pains to secure a correct nomenclature and classification, and to make the 

 descriptions as accurate and intelligible as possible. Several new illustrations from photographs of speci- 

 mens on our grounds, have been added, and we think the present edition will serve, not merely as a 

 catalogue or descriptive priced list, but as a useful handbook and manual, containing valuable cultural 

 directions, and other important hints, indispensable to planters. 



In both the Fruit and Ornamental, as well as in the Rose Departments, our Nurseries are kept fully up 

 to the times. We endeavor to procure, as soon as introduced, every novelty at home and abroad that 

 promises to be worthy of dissemination ; our trial grounds are maintained at large expense, but we feel 

 amply repaid for the expenditure by the valuable information we obtain in this manner. 



The immense stock which we cultivate, embracing great and varied collections suited to different soils 

 and climates, and the large force of skilled nursery assistants which we have in our employ, in addition 

 lo exceptional facilities for lifting, handling, packing and shipping, place us in a position to promise to our 

 patrons the careful execution of all orders, large and small, that may be entrusted to us. 



It is our aim and intention to supply only the best stock at the lowest prices consistent with the qual- 

 ity of the goods offered, and all intending purchasers will find it to their advantage to give us an oppor- 

 tunity to furnish estimates upon their lists. 



We are grateful for the liberal patronage which we have enjoyed for more than half a century, and 

 solicit a continuance of the same. 



ELLWANGER & BARRY. 



February, 1894. 



