“A series of Annals of Horticulture, of which the present volume is the initial, is projected for the purpose of preserving in convenient form a record and epitome of yearly progress in horticulture. Our horticultural interest are becoming so various and extensive, and records of them are so widely scattered, that such compendiums are a necessity; and summaries of the most important discoveries and discussions must have a direct and immediate practical use, wholly aside from the values as history.
“A leading feature of the series must necessarily be complete records of the introduction of horticultural plants; and the author desires that these volumes shall comprise the standard publication of such new varieties. So far as record is concerned these publications can serve the purpose of the certificates issued for new varieties by the Royal Horticultural Society in England, and by similar organizations in other countries; and to this end, all North American originators and introducers are solicited to make records of their novelties and introductions. It certainly requires no argument to convince both dealer and purchaser that all interests will be greatly subserved by such annual records.
“Complete lists of all the varieties of fruits, kitchen garden vegetables and ornamentals now cultivated in North America, are needed. Such lists are indispensable to an understanding of the present condition of our horticulture, and they become more valuable in each succeeding year as matters of history. They would furnish invaluable material for the study of the direction and extent of variation in cultivated plants; and, as varieties increase, they should serve a purpose in preventing the duplication of varietal names.” -from the preface to Annals of Horticulture in North American for the Year 1889 (1890), pp. 1-2
Annals of Horticulture in North America for the Year 1889: A Witness of Passing Events and a Record of Progress. Annals of Horticulture 1. New York: Rural Publishing, 1890.
Annals of Horticulture in North America for the Year 1890: A Witness of Passing Events and a Record of Progress. Annals of Horticulture 2. New York: Rural Publishing, 1891.
Annals of Horticulture in North America for the Year 1891: A Witness of Passing Events and a Record of Progress. Annals of Horticulture 3. New York: Rural Publishing, 1892.
Annals of Horticulture in North America for the Year 1892: A Witness of Passing Events and a Record of Progress. Annals of Horticulture 4. New York: Rural Publishing, 1893.
Annals of Horticulture in North America for the Year 1893: A Witness of Passing Events and a Record of Progress, Comprising an Account of the Horticulture of the Columbian Exposition. Annals of Horticulture 5. New York: Orange Judd, 1894.
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