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Excerpt from Peter Henderson, Gardener Author Merchant: A Memoir In the preparatory announcement of this memoir, it was stated that it only professed to outline the magnitude of Peter Henderson's services to American horticulture. Those familiar with my deceased fathers career, will quickly perceive that I have kept within the boundaries of that announcement. Further, I fully realize how much of his labors in many directions have not been touched upon at all. The original intention was to prepare a larger, and I had hoped a more thorough and careful record of his life. It was, however, suggested, that as such a volume from its size would preclude a large distribution, it would be more satisfactory at this time if an abridged sketch was prepared which could be placed in the hands of every one who had known him in any or all of his various relations to horticulture. I have, therefore, prepared this memoir on the lines suggested, and in begging your acceptance of it, I am conscious that the story has been but crudely told. At the same time I shall feel satisfied if I have succeeded in emphasizing the declaration made by one of his many eulogists that "Peter Henderson justly earned the honor, gratitude and respect of the greatest of nations." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
In this touching memoir, Alfred Henderson pays tribute to his father, Peter Henderson, a horticulturalist and businessman who revolutionized the American gardening industry in the late 19th century. Through hard work, ingenuity, and a deep love of plants, Peter Henderson built a thriving business and left a lasting mark on the world of gardening. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Nearly 700 illustrations advertise items for garden, farm, lawn, stable, household, and more, including butter printers, cast-iron field rollers, broadcast seeders, corn harvesters and huskers, root cutters, cider mills, veterinary remedies, and more.
First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Previously published by Magna Carta, Baltimore. Published as a set by Genealogical Publishing with the two vols. of the Genealogies in the Library of Congress, and the two vols. of the Supplement. Set ISBN is 0806316691.
Named one of “the year’s best gardening books” by The Spectator (UK, Nov. 2014) The 1890s saw a revolution in advertising. Cheap paper, faster printing, rural mail delivery, railroad shipping, and chromolithography combined to pave the way for the first modern, mass-produced catalogs. The most prominent of these, reaching American households by the thousands, were seed and nursery catalogs with beautiful pictures of middle-class homes surrounded by sprawling lawns, exotic plants, and the latest garden accessories—in other words, the quintessential English-style garden. America’s Romance with the English Garden is the story of tastemakers and homemakers, of savvy businessmen and a growing American middle class eager to buy their products. It’s also the story of the beginnings of the modern garden industry, which seduced the masses with its images and fixed the English garden in the mind of the American consumer. Seed and nursery catalogs delivered aspirational images to front doorsteps from California to Maine, and the English garden became the look of America.