PREFACE 
TO THE 
FOURTH EDITION OF OUR GENERAL CATALOGUE. 
We take pleasure in presenting herewith the fourth edition of our General Catalogue, 
with revised and complete descriptions. The simple and systematic arrangement which 
has been adopted, combined with a complete index, renders the publication very con¬ 
venient 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 illustra¬ 
tions from photographs of specimens 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 import¬ 
ant 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 to 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 or small, that may be entrusted to us. 
It is our aim and intention to supply only the best stock at the lowest prices con¬ 
sistent with the quality of the goods offered, and all intending purchasers will find it to 
their advantage to give us an opportunity 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. 
January, 1896. 
