from the Archives: The Liberty Hyde Bailey Era of Horticulture 1858-1954

Liberty Hyde Bailey was a botanist, horticulturist and prolific writer.

The Library holds many of Bailey’s books as well as periodicals for which he wrote. The January 1903 issue of American Gardening, for example, contains an article replete with illustrations on Bailey’s visit to the upstate home of John Burroughs, the famous naturalist.

The library features the best of the literature of this important period in American Horticulture. Some early highlights include:

• The American Gardener’s Assistant   by Thomas Bridgeman. New York, 1873.
  
  
• The Apples of New York, 2 vols.   by S. A. Beach. New York, 1905.
  
  
• Flowers for the Parlor and Garden   by Edward Sprague Rand Jr. Boston, 1864.
  
  
• The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America, 2nd ed.   by Andrew Jackson Downing. New York, 1892.
  
  
• Gardening for Profit   by Peter Henderson. New York, 1867..