PREFACE 
TO THE 
SECOND 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 sucli general satisfaction that we have concluded to publish the second 
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 
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 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, 1892. 
