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5 Beckman 1st., [Mew York 
S3 iliiliulo Hi., ltodieuier. 
NEW YORK CITY AND ROCHESTER. N. Y 
$3.00 PfeB \ K AK. 
Single i\o. t Eiirlu Penis. 
FOH THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JULY 8,1871 
[Entered Hccortllnj; to Act of Congress, in the year 1S71 by 1J. I). T. IVlOOltif. in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.) 
his life, is given ft view of his present home. 
There are few places of the same space so 
beautifully formed by nature as Mr. Ell- 
wangek’b home grounds, embracing ten 
acres, and situated a mile from the center of 
the city of Rochester, N. Y. It is the high¬ 
est point within the city Hunts, overlooking 
the town and surrounding country, ami with 
a full view of the Geoesce River on the 
west. The house is surrounded with a fine 
lawn, containing a large collection of de¬ 
ciduous trees, conifers find shrubs. The 
rockery fit. the base of the hill adds to the 
beauty ol the landscape. A ram forces 
water from the foot of the hill to different 
points in the garden, and also feeds a foun¬ 
tain in front of the house. It is a delightful 
home, and only across the street from the 
otlices of the Mt. Hope Nurseries. 
All this lias added to our 
national progress and 
prosperity, and in the 
record now given of 
George Ellwanoek, 
there is a point to which, 
we desire to call the at¬ 
tention of all young men 
engaged in rural pursuits, 
or who desire to build up 
a life, each day of which 
shall minister both to 
^ their own acquirements 
and those that assist and 
'A elevate mankind. Thai. 
-X success is assured by the 
^ first earnest effort to learn 
and know one’s proles- 
pjjppis^ sion, is apparent in the 
P lant that hut a short time 
intervened from Mr. Kll- 
by Reynolds A Rate- 
ham ere he was installed 
in full charge of the es- 
born citizens who can lay 
ate advancement to po- 
liave come to this country 
without money, ami with¬ 
out known or foretold 
value. We wish the record 
of George Ellwanoek 
C ould be to-day read and 
pondered upon by every young man in the 
world; for thereby we believe there would 
be an advance of knowledge that would, as 
jeach one goes down the hill of life, end with 
the p let want feeling of having tried to im¬ 
prove the talent given, ami so leave the 
world better than they found it. 
In addition to the portrait of Mr. Ell- 
waxoek, which accompanies this sketch of 
the few nurserymen then 
found in the United 
Slates, and in the full of 
1839 ordered from Wu. 
Kenrick — near Boston, 
Mass., whose name stood 
deservedly high—a com¬ 
plete collection of fruit 
trees for a specimen or¬ 
chard, from which, when 
grown, fruited and test¬ 
ed, he could hud or graft 
understandingly; and'this 
investment,’ he tells me, 
* was one of the best ever . - 
made. 
In 1840 he made the 
acquaintance of his pres- X L f A ; 
ent partner, Mr, Barry, - 
:in l iheir tastes and views ^^*5 
being congenial, a copart- 
nership was formed which ,’if jl 
has continued to the pres- 
In 1844 he visited and 
spent the winter in Eu- 
rope, for the purpose of 
procuring trees and plants 
with which to meet the 
want* at* well ns to ad¬ 
vance the tastes of the 
people, thus rapidly in¬ 
creasing his business. This 
cargo of trees, with which 
in the spring of 1845 he 
returned to this country, 
embraced largely dwarf 
pears and apples; and it 
is to him and his business 
connection that public attention was promi¬ 
nently and persistently drawn to the advan¬ 
tages of dwarfs, and especially to a system 
of growing all trees with low heads, in con¬ 
trast loan old practice of priming away :vll 
the lower branches. 
Since that time Mr. Ellwanoek has vis¬ 
ited Europe many times, and with a desire 
to make his own establishment, as he 1ms 
itbnstriiil m 
EMINENT HORTICULTURISTS—VII, 
GEORGE ELLWANGER 
was horn in Wurtcmberg, Germany, on the 
2d of December, 1816. At an early age he 
was sent to school, where he was kept, until 
fourteen — tlie leisure hours therefrom, as 
well as those of the periods of vacation, be¬ 
ing employed in assisting his father in the 
vineyard and garden, to the labors of which 
lie became so much attached that he early 
i himself for four years to a leud- 
tipprimUcei 
ing horticultural establishment in Stuttgart. 
From reading of the United States, he early 
became interested therein, and cherished a 
desire to emigrate, winch, in 1885, resolved 
itself into the act, and after a long and 
tedious voyage he arrived in New York. At 
tliattime Ohio was the great leading El Do¬ 
rado toward whose territory all immigrants 
lion t their steps, and George Ellwanoek, 
with others, traveled this way by canal and 
lake, carefully observing the towns and lay 
hr the land ns lift pnRsftd along to Tiffin-, 
Ohio, which was then a mere settlement, 
hut now a thriving city. 
Not being fully satisfied that he laid at 
Tiffin really struck upon Hie El Dorado, 
and reviewing in mind the towns and coun¬ 
try passed on bis route, be retraced his steps 
to Rochester, of which lie bad, in his pas¬ 
sage through gathered, from its beauty of 
situation and surrounding vigorous vegeta¬ 
tion, an impression of beauty and apparent 
prosperity, the result of which view has not 
at this day brought him an hour of serious 
disappointment. 
He arrived at Rochester in September, 
18 : 35 , ami soon after entered the horticultural 
establishment of Reynolds & Bateham, 
where, owing to his industry and perception 
of the wants of the establishment, together 
with bis knowledge of 
the modus operandi in 
propagation, he was 
soon intrusted with the 
whole charge. In 1839 
he decided to become 
a man fol" himself. He 
, or thought, he 
saw, a desire among _ - ^ ^ 
tion ot fruit and the 
ornamentation of their X - 
Barry, and on a part 
dm residence of Mr. 
Ki.i.wanokr’s present HSW 
RESIGNATION OF COMMISSIONER 
OAPRON. 
EIJiWANGKR 
done, tiie largest and most reliable in the 
world, has made himself acquainted with all 
the best horticultural establishments in the 
old world, and lias thus been instrumental itv 
introducing, growing and disseminating 
more trees, and more varieties to add to the 
comforts of life, the refinement of moral taste 
and the embellishment; of home surroundings 
than perhaps any other man in our country. 
try. Few men whom we can name could 
have taken charge of that Department in its 
demoralized condition and with its odious 
reputation, as lie did. 
and do as wisely, and 
------ witli so few mistakes, 
r xrzXF- confidence and respect 
x^—-_— xx know the character of 
-^--~xx its work, the means 
•” •• • x been accomplished 
: - - -. and the embarrass¬ 
ments Which iiave 
('aiuion’s administm- 
lion to fill the vacancy. 
