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Elizabeth Gedney Christensen Gardening Collection
1822-1994

An example of one of the many fine catalog covers found in this collection

The Christensen Gardening Collection was donated to the Washington State University Libraries in 1996 (MS96-10) and 1998 (MS98-07) by Mrs. Elizabeth Christensen of Lompoc, California, who also contributed funding for the processing of the collection. The materials were arranged and listed in 1996-97 by Deborah Robinson, and the final processing was completed by Lawrence Stark in 1998.

Number of Containers: 18
Linear Feet of Shelf Space: 19
Approximate Number of Items: 1200

THE COLLECTOR

Elizabeth Christensen of Lompoc, California, collected older garden catalogs, and some related publications, over a period several years beginning in about 1970 and continuing until the transfer of the collection to the Washington State University Libraries in 1996. Catalogs were acquired from many sources, including individuals, antique dealers, and chance finds. Some catalogs, chiefly recent, were acquired from their publishers.

Mrs. Christensen has explained some aspects of the history of horticultural catalogs in a manuscript, "Of Seed Catalogs and Companies" that accompanies the collection. She adds further information in "Japanese Imperial Morning Glories," Pacific Horticulture (Fall 1989).

ARRANGEMENT AND DESCRIPTION

The collection consists chiefly of garden, nursery and seed catalogs, rounded out by miscellaneous garden magazines, pamphlets, brochures, similar materials. The earliest of the catalogs is dated 1866, while the newest is from 1994. A few of the pamphlets are of even earlier years. The materials are arranged in two alphabetical sequences, one of the catalogs and the rest of all other items. The catalogs are identified by the issuing firms, then placed in alphabetical order. A few large catalogs are arranged in an oversize sequence following the main alphabetical sequence. Most other items are identified by title or author, and arranged roughly alphabetically, with exceptions to accommodate variance of size and to fit items into the storage cartons.

CONTAINER LIST

BOX  FOLDER   DESCRIPTION

        Garden Catalogs

1    1       Abbey Garden - Cacti & Succulents, 1980
     2       Abundant Life, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992
     3       Ackerman Nurseries, 1952, 1955
     4       Aggeler and Musser, 1920, 1949
     5       Agrico, n.d.
     6       Alexander County Nurseries, 1923
     7       Allen (W.F.) Co, 1947, 1949
     8       Allen's Nurseries and Seed House, 1936, 1957
     9       Alneer Brothers, 1894, 1902, 1905, 1906, 1908, 1911,
               1914, 1941
     10      American Field Seed Company, 1927
     11      American Horticultural Society, 1978
     12      American Mutual Seed Company, 1918, 1919
     13      American Rose & Plant Company, 1929
     14      American Seed & Plant Company, 1937
     15      Ames Implement & Seed Company, 1917
     16      Archia's Seed Store, 1913
     17      Armstrong Nurseries, 1957, 1966, 1967, 1987
     18      Baldwin (O.A.D.) Nurseries, 1954, 1955
     19      Ball Seed, 1957, 1976, 1985, 1986
     19.1    Barcelona servicio municipal de parques y jardines, Catalago de semillas, 1958
     20      Barnes Bros. Nursery Co., 1947
     21      Barrett (W.E.) Company, 1921
     22      Bay State, 1929, 1947
     23      Berger (H.H) & Co., 1913
     24      Berry (A.A.) Seed Company, 1919, 1920, 1925-26, 1929,
               1930, 1940
     25      BioQuest International, 1987-88, 1989, 1990
     26      Blanc (A.) & Company, 1890
     27      Bliss (B.K.) & Sons, 1870
     28      Bobbink & Atkins, 1904
     29      Bodger Seeds Ltd., 1967, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1977, 1979,
               1981, 1982, 1992, 1993
     30      Bongarzone Brothers, n.d.
     31      Borbeleta Gardens,Inc., 1989-90, 1990
     32      Bountiful Ridge Nurseries, 1946
     33      Bradley Brothers, 1932
     34      Brand's Peony Farms, 1928, 1951
     35      Breck (Joseph) & Sons High Grade Seeds, 1907, 1914,
               1956, 1961, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1987, 1988, 1989
     36      Briggs & Brothers, 1873, 1876, 1888
     37      Brower Seed & Supply Company, n.d.
     38      Brudy's Tropical Exotics, 1994
     39      Brun's Seed Co., 1923
     40      Buckbee (H.W.) Seed & Plant Guide, 1898, 1899, 1920,
               1926, 1927, 1929, 1935, 1935
     41      Buist (Robert) Company, 1918, 1931, 1932
     42      Bunting's Nurseries,Inc., 1947
2    43      Burgess Seed & Nursery Book, 1922, 1931, 1932, 1939
               1940, 1941
     44      Burgess Seed & Nursery Book, 1947, 1954, 1958, 1961,
               1969, 1977, 1978
     45      Burpee (Benson, Burpee & Co.), 1878; Burpee (W. Atlee) &
               Co., 1888, 1897, 1897, 1904, 1905,
     46      Burpee (W. Atlee) & Co., 1906, 1911, 1914, 1915
     47      Burpee (W. Atlee) & Co., 1919, 1924, 1929, 1930, 1931
     48      Burpee (W. Atlee) & Co., 1934, 1935, 1937, 1937
     49      Burpee (W. Atlee) & Co., 1939, 1939
     50      Burpee (W. Atlee) & Co., 1942, 1945, 1946, 1947
     51      Burpee (W. Atlee) & Co., 1948
     52      Burpee (W. Atlee) & Co., 1949
     53      Burpee (W. Atlee) & Co., 1950, 1950, 1950,
     54      Burpee (W. Atlee) & Co., 1951, 1951, 1951
     55      Burpee (W. Atlee) & Co., 1952, 1952, 1952
3    56      Burpee (W. Atlee) & Co., 1953, 1953, 1953, 1953, 1953,
               1953
     57      Burpee (W. Atlee) & Co., 1954, 1954, 1954, 1954, 1954
     58      Burpee (W. Atlee) & Co., 1955, 1955, 1955, 1955, 1955
     59      Burpee (W. Atlee) & Co., 1956, 1956, 1956, 1956, 1956
     60      Burpee (W. Atlee) & Co., 1957, 1957, 1957, 1957
     61      Burpee (W. Atlee) & Co., 1958, 1958, 1958, 1958, 1958
     62      Burpee (W. Atlee) & Co., 1959
     63      Burpee (W. Atlee) & Co., 1959, 1959, 1959, 1959
     64      Burpee (W. Atlee) & Co., 1960, 1960, 1960
     65      Burpee (W. Atlee) & Co., 1961
     66      Burpee (W. Atlee) & Co., 1961, 1961, 1961, 1961

BOX  FOLDER   DESCRIPTION

4    67      Burpee (W. Atlee) & Co., 1962, 1962, 1963, 1963, 1963,
               1963, 1963, 1963
     68      Burpee (W. Atlee) & Co., 1964, 1965, 1965, 1965, 1965,
               1966
     69      Burpee (W. Atlee) & Co., 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977
     70      Burpee (W. Atlee) & Co., 1978, 1978, 1979, 1979
     71      Burpee (W. Atlee) & Co., 1980, 1981, 1982, 1982, 1983
     72      Burpee (W. Atlee) & Co., 1983
     73      Burpee (W. Atlee) & Co., 1985, 1986, 1991
     74      Burrell (D.V.) Seed Growers Co., 1944
     75      Butchart Gardens, 1982
     76      California Nursery Company, 1946
     77      Call's Nurseries, 1947
     78      Calla Greenhouses, (Templin & Sons), 1895, 1901
     79      Carter's Tested Seeds, 1923
     80      Cashman's Seeds, 1916
     81      Chaapel's Seeds, 1919
     82      Champlain View Gardens, 1957
     83      Childs (John Lewis), 1887, 1887, 1899, 1902, 1908
     84      Childs (John Lewis), 1918, 1920, 1923, 1924
     85      Clapper Co., n.d.
     86      Coe's (E. Frank) Excelsior Guano, 1886
     87      Coe, Converse & Edwards Co., n.d.
     88      Conard & Jones Co., 1898, 1911, 1918 ; Conard & Pyle Co. -
               Star Roses, 1945
     89      Condon Bros., 1934, 1940, 1945, 1947
     90      Cordon Bleu Farms, 1976, 1977
     91      Currie Bros., 1892
     92      Dam (William) Seeds, 1984
     93      Darling & Beahan, 1913, 1915
     94      DeGroot , Inc., 1991
     95      Denholm Seeds, n.d., n.d.
     96      Deposit Seed Co., 1925
5    97      Dibble's Farm Seed Facts, 1921
     98      Dickinson (O.), Oregon Seed and Horticultural Gardens, 1877
     99      Dingee & Conard Co., 1891, 1892, 1894/3, 1894/5, 1894/8,
               1895, 1896/1, 1896/3, 1896/4, 1896/12, 1897, 1898,
               1899/3, 1899/4, 1900/1
    100      Dingee & Conard Co., 1900, 1900, 1901, 1908, 1910,
               1918, 1923, 1928, 1929, 1935
    101      Dobie's Seeds, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977
    102      Domoto (Toichi) Nursery, n.d.
    103      Dos Pueblos Orchid Co., n.d.
    104      Dreer's (Henry A.) Garden Book, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931,
               1938
    105      Duncan (Russell) & Sons Co., 1954, 1955
    106      Dutch Gardens, Inc., 1980, 1990
    107      Eastern States Farmers' Exchange, 1938
    108      Edmund (Fred) Roses, 1980-81, 1993-94
    109      Elliot Nursery Company, 1936
    110      Ellis Bros., 1899
    111      Ellwanger & Barry, 1905
    112      Emlong's Nurseries, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1953, 1956
    113      Emmons & Co., 1934
    114      Endangered Species, 1980
    115      Environmental Seed Producers,Inc., 1984, 1988
    116      Everitt (J.A.) & Co., 1887, 1897
    117      Farm Bureau Services, 1963
    118      Farmers Elevator Co. of Arthur, ND, 1934
    119      Farmer Seed & Nursery Co., 1920, 1934, 1937, 1942,
               1948, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1954
    120      Farmer Seed & Nursery Co., 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959,
               1960, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1981
    121      Farquhar (R.& J.) Co., 1886, 1903, 1908, 1909
    122      Farr (Bertrand H.), 1922, 1923
    123      Faust (H.G.) & Co., 1890
    124      Faxon (M.B.), 1902
    125      Ferguson Seed Farms, 1942
    126      Ferndale Gardens, 1976
    127      Ferris (Earl) Nursery, 1967
    128      Ferry (D.M.) & Co. - Seed Catalogue, 1877, Universal
               Almanac, 1877-78, Seed Annual, 1899, Bulbs and Seeds,
               1900, Seed Annual, 1910, Seed Annual, 1922
6   129      Ferry Morse Seed Company, 1938
    130      Field (Henry) Seed & Nursery Co., 1908, 1909, 1924,
               1925, 1943, 1945, 1952, 1990, 1991, 1992 (also see
               Num. 376-oversize, below)
    131      Fiske (H.E.) Seed Co., 1907
    132      Fitzgeralds's Nursery, 1949
    133      Ford (Frank) & Son, 1891, 1917
    134      Forrest's Seed Co., 1908, 1927
    135      Galloway Bros. & Co., 1914, 1918, 1919
    136      Germain's, 1933, 1934. 1948, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1956,
               1957, 1958
    137      Glen Brothers Inc., 1917
    138      Golden Rule Dahlia Farm, 1947
    139      Goldfarb Garden Dept., 1947
    140      Good & Reese Co., 1895, 1897, 1903
    141      Good Luck Gardens, 193, 1945
    142      Gordinier (H.W.) & Sons Co., n.d.
    143      Green's Nursery Co., 1900, 1911
    144      Greening Nurseries, n.d.
    145      Gregory (James J.H.) & Sons, 1897, 1931
    146      Griswold (Thomas) & Co., 1918, 1922
    147      Gurney Seed & Nursery Co., 1909, 1910, 1922, 1923, 1925
    148      Gurney Seed & Nursery Co., 1927, 1929, 1934, 1935, 1941,
               1961, 1962, 1963 (also see Num. 377-oversize, below)
    149      Haines (Charlotte M.), 1928, 1930, 1937
    150      Hallock (V.H.) & Son, 1889
    151      Hammond (Harry N.) Seed Co., 1902
    152      Harris (Joseph) Company, Inc., 1901, 1930, 1955, 1957,
               1963
    153      Harrison's (J.G.) & Sons Nurseries, 1920, 1947
    154      Hart (Charles C.) Seed Co., 1925
    155      Haskell Implement & Seed Co., 1908
    156      Hastings (H.G.) Seed Co., 1935
    157      Havens Orchids, 1986
    158      Henderson (Peter) & Co., 1893, 1898, 1899, 1899, 1906
               1912, 1913
    159      Henderson (Peter) & Co., 1916, 1927, 1935, 1943
    160      Herbst Brothers Seedsmen, Co., 1981
    161      Heritage Gardens (Henry Field's Heritage Gardens), 1989
    162      Heritage Rose Garden, 1990
    163      Hick's Nurseries, 1920
    164      Hildenbrandt's Iris Garden, 1986
    165      Hill (D.) Nursery Co., 1923, 1930, 1931
    166      Hoag Seed Co., 1949
    167      Holland Bulb Farms, 1994
    168      Holsinger Bros. Nurseries, 1914
    169      Home & Garden Tricks Nursery, 1954
    170      Hovey & Co., 1876, 1894
    171      Howard's (Paul J.) California Flowerland, 1948
    172      Howard's of Hemet (California), 1957
    173      Hunt's Perfection Seeds, 1931
    174      Huntington's Catalogue, 1936
    174.1    Hurst & Son, 1930, 1931
    175      Insecticides, Fungicides, Fertilizers & Sundries, 1951-52

BOX  FOLDER   DESCRIPTION

7   176      Inter-State Nurseries, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1947,
               1948, 1948,
    177      Inter-State Nurseries, 1959, 1963, 1966-Fall, 1966-Spring,
               1973, 1988, 1989, 1990
    178      Isbell Seed Co., 1926, 1937
    179      Jackson & Perkins Co., 1955, 1960-1961, 1961-1962,
               1962-1963, 1963-1964, 1965-1966, 1975, 1980, 1980,
               1985, 1986, 1987, 1991, 1992, 1992, 1994
    180      Jacques Seed Co., 1945
    181      Jessamine Gardens, 1900
    182      Johnny's Selected Seeds, 1982
    183      Johnson Water Gardens, 1932
    184      Jung (J.W.) Seed Co., 1916, 1933, 1934, 1939, 1941, n.d.
    185      Kallman's Garden Nursery, 1940, 1951, 1955, 1956
    186      Kellogg (R.M.) Company, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1935, 1947,
               1947
    187      Kelly Brothers Nurseries, 1924, 1947
    188      Kelsey Nursery Service, 1947
    189      Kendall & Whitney, 1919
    190      Kendel (A.C.) Seed Catalogue, 1906
    191      Kimberly Gardens, 1990
    192      Kjorlie (Oscar H.) Co., 1960, 1963
    193      Knight & Bostwick, Nurserymen, n.d.
    194      Krider Nurseries Inc., 1945
    195      Kunderd (A.E.), 1928
    196      La Sumida Nursery, 1965
    197      Lakeland Nursery Sales, 1973
    198      Landreth's Seed Catalogue, 1903
    199      Lippincott (Miss C.H.) Flower Seeds, 1895, 1940
    200      Livingston Seed Co., 1920
    201      Lloyd's Gardens, n.d.
    202      Lovett (J.T.) Co., 1897, 1906
    203      Maloney Bros. Nursery Co., 1923, 1945, 1947
    204      Maple City Nurseries, n.d.
    205      Marble Iris Gardens, n.d.
    206      Markland (M.), 1934
    207      Maule (William Henry) Seed Co., 1923, 1927, 1930, 1940,
               1942, 1947
    208      May (L.L.) & Co., 1893, 1914
    209      May Seed & Nursery Co., 1927, 1964
    210      McAllister (F.E.), 1883
    211      McClure & Zimmerman, 1986, 1990, 1991
    212      McGregor Bros., 1892, 1900, 1901, 1921, 1929
    213      Meehan (Thomas) & Sons, 1913
    214      Melk (George J.) & Son, 1965
    215      Mellen (George H.) Co., 1917, 1925
    216      Mellinger's Garden Catalogue, 1991
    217      Michael-Leonard Co., 1895
    218      Michell's (Henry F.), 1947
    219      Midwest Wildflowers, 1984
    220      Milaeger's Garden, 1993
    221      Mill's Seed House, 1902, 1902, 1903, 1911, 1912, 1913,
               1914, 1928, 1931, 1937
    222      Mitchell Nursery & Floral Co., 1915
    223      Monrovia Nursery Co., 1977
8   224      Montgomery Ward, 1934, 1936, 1949, 1951, 1955, 1959,
               1959, 1964, 1967
    225      Moore Miniature Roses, 1987
    226      Morris & Snow Seed Co., n.d.
    227      Morse (C.C.) & Co., 1918
    228      Moses (Alfred L.), 1946-47
    229      Murvon Seed Co., n.d.
    230      Musser Forests Inc., 1957
    231      National Arbor Day Foundation, 1981
    232      National Seedsman Annual (Associated Seedgrowers, Inc.), 1936
    233      Native Seeds/SEARCH Harvest Catalogue, 1988, 1989,
               1990, 1991, 1991, 1992
    234      Naughton Farms, Inc., 1941, 1947
    235      Neosho Nurseries Co., 1939
    236      Niagara Sprayer & Chemical Division, 1946
    237      Nichols Garden Nursery, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988
    238      Nichols Garden Nursery, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993
    239      Nor'East Miniature Roses, Inc., 1985
    240      O"Neill (Joseph) & Sons, 1947
    241      Oak Hill Nursery, 1930
    242      Olds' (L.L.) Seed Company, 1916, 1934, 1940, 1951, 1973
    243      Olsen (N.J.) Co., 1926
    244      Oriental Plant Co., n.d.
    245      Ortho Division, Chevron Chemical Co., 1969, 1973, 1975,
               1976, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1981
    246      Owen (Richard) Nursery, 1989
    247      Park (George W.) Seed Co., 1896, 1897, 1899, 1904, 1917,
               1922, 1923/2, 1923/3, 1923/5, 1923/8, 1923/9,
               1923/10, 1923/11, 1923/12
    248      Park (George W.) Seed Co., 1924/1, 1924/3, 1924/5,
               1924/8, 1924/11, 1925/4, 1925/6, 1925/7, 1935,
               1936, 1936
    249      Park (George W.) Seed Co., 1943, 1960, 1966, 1967, 1980
    250      Park (George W.) Seed Co., 1981, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986,
               1987, 1987
    251      Park (George W.) Seed Co., 1988, 1989, 1989, 1989
    252      Park (George W.) Seed Co., 1990, 1990, 1991, 1992
    253      Park Nurseries, 1930, Park Nurseries (Holm & Olson, Inc.),
               1931
    254      Peacock Dahlia Farms, 1930
    255      Pearce (Rex D.), Seedsman, 1947, n.d.
    256      Peterson (George) Inc., 1924
    257      Pfitzer, 1927
    258      Philipp's (Henry) Seed & Implement Co., 1901
    259      Plant Seed Co., 1889
    260      Pleasant Valley Nurseries, 1900
    261      Plants of the Southwest, 1986
    262      Quality Dutch Bulbs, 1984, 1986, 1988
    263      Randall (Alton E.,) Nurseryman, 1912
    264      Rayner Bros., 1947
    265      Reeser (Charles A.) (Innisfallen Greenhouses), 1885, 1886,
               1887, 1888, 1888
    266      Reilly Brothers Nurseries, 1913
    267      Reuter's Seeds, 1949
    268      Reynolds' Farms, 1947
    269      Rice (Jerome B.) Seed Co., 1909
    270      Rich's Tuberous-Rooted Begonias, 1947
    271      Robson Seeds, 1947
    272      Rocky Ford Canteloupes Seed, 1949
    273      Rogers Nurseries, 1947
    274      Rohrer (P.L.) & Brother, 1923
    275      Rosedale Nurseries, 1947
    276      Rosehill Farm Miniature Roses, 1985
    277      Rose Hill Nursery-Planting & Care of Nursery Stock, n.d.
    278      Roseway Nurseries, 1985
    279      Royal Gardens, 1983
    280      Rupert (W.P.) & Sons, 1912
    281      Russell Gardens, 1954
    282      Rynveld (F.) & Sons, 1931

BOX  FOLDER   DESCRIPTION

9   283      S&S Seeds, 1992
    284      Salzer (John A.) Seed Co., 1886, 1894, 1896, 1904, 1907,
               1910
    285      Salzer (John A.) Seed Co., 1912, 1914, 1917, 1918, 1919
    286      Salzer (John A.) Seed Co., 1923, 1923, 1933, 1937, 1939,
               1947
    287      Santa Maria Bulb Gardens, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935,
               1936, 1937
    288      Saxton's, 1956
    289      Scarff (W.N.) & Sons, 1928
    290      Schell's Quality Seeds (Walter S. Schell, Inc.), 1930, 1931
    291      Scherer (S.) & Sons, n.d.
    292      Schlegel & Fottler Co., 1909
    293      Schling (Max) Seedsman Inc., 1929, 1945, 1947
    294      Schmidt & Botley, 1899
    295      Schreiner's Gardens, 1954, 1982, 1986
    296      Schultz's Seed Store, 1914
    297      Scott (O.M.) & Sons Co., 1974, 1975, 1975, 1976, 1978,
               1979
    298      Seed Trade Buyers Guide & Directory, 1931, 1932, 1933,
               1934
    299      Seed Trade Buyers Guide & Directory, 1935, 1936, 1937
    300      Seed Trade Buyers Guide & Directory, 1938, 1939
    300.1    Seed Trade Buyers Guide & Directory, 1940
    301      Self-Sufficient Seeds, 1983
    302      Shepherd (Theodosia B.) Co., 1912, 1914
    303      Shepherd's Garden Seeds, 1989
    304      Sherman Nursery Co., n.d.
    305      Shivers (J.H.) Plant Farms, 1947
    306      Smirnow (Lois), 1951
    307      Smith (Howard) Rose Growers-Nurserymen, 1950, 1951
    308      Southern Calif. Acclimatizing Assoc., 1911
    309      Southern Nursery and Landscape Co., n.d.
    310      Southern Seedsman, 1950
    311      South Michigan Nursery, 1937
    312      Springfield Seed Co., 1907
    313      Spring Hill Nurseries, 1947, 1956, 1965, 1969, 1976,
               1988, 1991
    314      Stahelin's Nursery, 1936, 1953, 1954, 1956
    315      Stark Brothers Nurseries, 1934, 1939, 1947, 1974, 1986,
               1987, 1987, 1988
    316      Stark Brothers Nurseries, 1989, 1989, 1989, 1990, 1990,
               1990
    317      Stark (William P.) Guaranteed Trees & Plants, 1917
    318      Stern's Nurseries, 1947, 1959
10  319      Stewart's Seed & Flower Shop, 1929
    320      Stokes Seeds Inc., 1974, 1982
    321      Storrs & Harrison Company, 1898, 1899, 1909
    322      Storrs & Harrison Company, 1910, 1920, 1926, 1928
    323      Storrs & Harrison Company, 1930, 1930, 1934, 1935, 1936
    323.1    Strand's Nursery, n.d.
    324      Stumpp & Walter Co., 1924, 1930, 1941
    325      Sunny Ridge, 1947
    326      Sutton & Sons Ltd., 1939, 1947
    326.1    Swedberg Nurseries, n.d.
    327      Sweet (George A.) Nursery Co., 1900
    328      Swift & Co., 1940, 1951
    329      Taylor's Herb Gardens Inc., n.d.
    330      Templin (L.) & Sons, 1903, 1905
    330.1    Templin-Crockett-Bradley, Co., n.d.
    331      Tennessee Corporation, 1934
    332      Thomas (C.E.) Nurseries, 1914
    333      Thompson & Morgan, 1985
    334      Tillinghast (Isaac F.) Seedsman & Florist, 1891
    335      Tillinghast Seed Co., 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981,
               1982
    336      Tillotson (Will) - Roses of Yesterday, 1954
    337      Tricker (William) Inc., 1922, 1931
    338      Tuscon Seed Co., 1917
    339      Tutte Bros. Nurseries, 1951
    340      Unwin's, 1974
    341      Van Bourgondien, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1980
    342      Van Bourgondien, 1981-Fall, 1981-Spring, 1982-Fall,
               1982-Spring, 1983-Fall, 1983-Spring
    343      Van Bourgondien, 1984-Fall, 1984-Spring, 1985-Fall,
               1985-Spring
    344      Van Bourgondien, 1986, 1986-Fall, 1986-Spring
    345      Van Bourgondien, 1987, 1987-Fall, 1987-Spring, 1988,
               1988-Fall, 1988-Spring
    346      Van Bourgondien, 1989, 1989-Spring, 1991
    347      Vandenberg, 1985-Fall, 1985-Spring
    348      Van Engelen Inc., 1990, 1991
    349      Vaughan's Gardening Illustrated Seed Store, 1893, 1894,
               1898, 1898, 1923
    350      Vaughan's Gardening Illustrated Seed Store, 1929, 1934,
               1936
    351      Vaughan's Gardening Illustrated Seed Store, 1939, 1940,
               1941
    352      Vaughan's Gardening Illustrated Seed Store, 1947, 1949,
               1957
    353      Vick (James), 1866, 1866, 1868, 1871, 1874
    354      Vick (James), 1875, 1878, 1884-#1, 1884-#2, 1884-#7
    355      Vick (James), 1886, 1887, 1895, 1899, 1905, 1931
    356      Vick's Wild Gardens, 1945
    357      Village Nurseries, 1899, 1901, 1906, 1907, 1910

BOX  FOLDER   DESCRIPTION

11  358      Wagner Park Nursery, n.d.
    359      Waynesboro Nurseries, 1947
    360      Wayside Gardens, 1971, 1978, 1978
    361      Wayside Gardens, 1979, 1979, 980, 1980
    362      Wayside Gardens, 1981-Fall, 1981-Spring, 1982
    363      Wayside Gardens, 1983, 1984, 1985-Fall, 1985-Spring
    364      Wayside Gardens, 1986-Fall, 1986-Spring, 1978,
               1978-Spring
    365      Wayside Gardens, 1987-Fall, 1988-Fall, 1988-Spring
    366      Wayside Gardens, 1989-Fall, 1989-Spring, 1990,
               1990-Fall, 1990-Spring
    367      Wayside Gardens, 1991, 1991-Fall, 1991-Spring, 1992-Spring
    368      Westhauser's Nurseries, 1937, 1947
    369      White Flower Farm - Plant Book, 1961, The Garden Book,
               1983, The Garden Book, 1991
    370      Winterthur Gift & Garden Sampler, 1987
    371      Will (Oscar H.) & Co., 1934, 1949, 1951, 1957, 1958,
               1959
    372      Wisconsin Nurseries (W.J. Moyle & Sons), 1926
    373      Wood (T.W.) & Sons, 1896, 1902
    374      Young (C.) & Sons Co., 1901
12  375-o.s. Ferris (Earl) Nursery, 1946, 1959
    376-o.s  Field (Henry) Seed & Nursery Co., 1946, 1947, 1949,
               1951, 1952, 1957, 1968 (also see Num. 130, above)
    377-o.s. Gurney Seed & Nursery Co., 1948, 1950, 1969, 1971
               1977, 1978, 1989 (also see Num. 140, above)
    378-o.s. Shumway's (R.H.) Seeds and Bulbs, 1931, 1936, 1945,
               1949, 1965, 1973
    379-o.s. Wesley (House of Wesley), 1983

    Other publications relative to gardening.

13  380-      The Garden Magazine, Doubleday, Page and Co., Garden City,
      391      New Jersey, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1914,
               1915, 1916, 1917, 1918-19, 1920.
14  392-     The Garden Magazine, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1924, 1927,
      399      1913, 1938
    400      Country Life in America, Douibleday, Page and Co., 1906
    401      Gardening Guide, Better Homes and Gardens, 1940, 1944
    402      American Florist, 1890
    403-4    The Country Gentleman, 1864, #1 and #2
    405      Genessee Farmer, 1862, 1863

15  406      Flower and Garden Magazine, 1957
    407-9    Flower Grower, 1939-1957, intermittent
    410      The Home Garden, 1944
    411      Popular Gardening, 1954-1958
    412      Fruit Garden and Home, 1924
    413      Gardeners' Chronicle, 1940, 1941 (7 issues)
    414      The Horticulturalist, 1870
    415      Garden Digest, 1942
    416      Garden Flowers, ca. 1920-1929
    417      The Journal of Heredity, 1940
    418      The Mayflower (John Lewis Childs), 1892-1904 (4 issues)
    419      O'Neill.  Sunny O'Neill's Flower Letter, 1984
    420      Organic Gardening and Farming, 1959
    421      The Old Farmers ALmanac, 1945
    422      Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture, 1822
    423      Queens' County Agricultural Society, 1861
    424      Louisiana Weekly Market Bulletin, 1967
    425      Michigan Farmer, 1929
    426      Minnesota Horticultural Society, 1922
    427      Minnesota Horticulturist, Jan. 1916 - June, 1917
    428      Minnesota Horticulturist, July, 1917 - March, 1918
    429      Minnesota Horticulturist, Jan. 1919 - Sept. 1919
    430      Minnesota Horticulturist, Oct. 1919 - May, 1921
16  431      Minnesota Horticulturist, Jan. 1922 - Dec. 1923
    432      Minnesota Horticulturist, Jan. 1924 - Dec. 1924
    433      National Sweet Pea Society, 1945-1950
    434      University of California, Berkeley, Rose Culture, 1950
    435      University of California, Santa Barbara, Bulletins, 1957-
               1961
    436      University of Idaho, Snap Beans, 1960
    437      University of Minnesota, Bulletins, 1896
    438      University of Minnesota, Bulletins, 1897, 1898
    439      University of Minnesota, Bulletins, 1899, 1900
    440      University of Minnesota, Bulletins, 1905, 1906
    441      University of Minnesota, Bulletins, 1913, 1914, 1915
    442      University of Minnesota, Bulletins, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1947
    443      Washington State University, Organic Gardening, 1973
    444      United States Department of Agriculture, Bulletins, (12
               items)
    445      National War Garden Commission, 1919
    446      Agricultural Conservation Program, Santa Barbara County,
               1973
    447      California Department of Fish and Game, c. 1955
    448      Unidentified Fragments
17  449     Scrapbooks of clippings on gardening, ca. 1934-1936,
18  454       6 vols.

    455     Manuscript: "Of Seed Catalogs and Companies," by Elizabeth
               Gedney Christensen, 1995.  Reprint: Bess Gedney
               Christensen, "Japanese Imperial Morning Glories,"
               Pacific Horticulture, Fall 1989.  List of collection,
               by Elizabeth Christensen.