Historical Horticulture Reference Materials

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• "Genetic Studies in Lycopersicum: The Heredity of Fruit Shape in the Garden Tomato", Warren, Paul Alanson, 1925

• Excerpts from "Tobacco Leaf", J. B. Killebrew, A. M., PH. D & Herbert Myrick, B. S., 1897

• Excerpts from "The Gentle Art of Smoking", Alfred Dunhill, 1954

• The Complete Kitchen Gardener and Hot-Bed Forcer, John Abercrombie, London, 1789

• A brief abstract of the virtues of the American tobacco plant, London, 1783, 36 pages

• A treatise on the culture of the tobacco plant, by Jonathan Carver, 1779, 60 pages

Catalogue of Current Book Titles Held at the Victory Horticultural Library

• The Futterman Collection

• The Rezelman Collection

• Report of the Commissioner of Patents - Part II - Agriculture - (1837-1861)

• U. S. Department of Agriculture Yearbooks - (1862 - 1992)

• Miscellaneous Agricultural Book Titles

Books (Off-site Resources)

• Thomas Jefferson's Garden Journal Page Scans

• Nat'l Academy Press, "Lost Crops of the Incas" (1989)

• The Strawberry: History, Breeding and Physiology

• The Small Fruits of New York by Ulysses Prentiss Hedrick

• The Pears of New York by Ulysses Prentiss Hedrick

• The Apples of New York by Spencer Ambrose Beach, horticulturist assisted by N. O. Booth, assistant horticulturist and O. M. Taylor, foreman in horticulture

• U. S. D. A. Pomological Watercolor Collection

• U. S. D. A. Strawberry Watercolors

• Plant Genome Data and Information Center

Off-site Horticultural Libraries

• Cornell University - Core Historical Literature of Agriculture

• Cornell Library - NEH Agricultural Monographs

• Missouri Botanical Garden Rare Books Online

• Soil and Health.org's Library Index

• Journey to Forever's Small Farms Library

• List of additional online libraries

• Another list of online libraries

• University of Wisconsin Digital Library

• Internet Archive (all digital)

• Archives and Manuscripts at the LuEsther T. Mertz Library - New York Botanical Garden

• Christensen, Elizabeth Gedney Gardening Collection 1822-1994 - Washington State University

• National Agricultural Library

  • Yearbook of Agriculture Collection

• Cornell University - Core Collections in Agriculture (all digital)

  • Cornell University Gardening Resources

• Biodiversity Heritage Library (all digital)

• Hathi Trust Digital Library

• Robert Becker Memorial Library at Seed Savers Exchange

• Nursery and Seed Catalog Cover Scans - The University of Delaware

• Seed Catalog Cover Collection - Smithsonian Institute

• Library of Congress

General Library Science Related Links

• Digital Formats for Library of Congress Collections  (Off-site resource)

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