Nursery and Seed Catalogs

Contains digitized covers from Special Collections' Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Catalog Collection. The collection consists of over 200,000 American and foreign catalogs. The earliest catalogs date from the late 1700s, but the collection is strongest from the 1890s to the present. Each image is a digital reproduction of the original artwork. Click on each image below to view a larger image of that seed catalog cover.

128 Items

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  • Collection: Nursery and Seed Catalogs
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Paeonia Moutan, a Collection of 50 Choice Varieties, Front Cover

Description: Front Cover

Date: Circa 1900

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Lilies of Japan, Page 9

Description: Page 9

Date: 1899

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Lilies of Japan, Page 7

Description: Page 7

Date: 1899

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Lilies of Japan, Page 4

Description: Page 4

Date: 1899

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Lilies of Japan, Page 3

Description: Page 3

Date: 1899

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Lilies of Japan, Page 2

Description: Page 2

Date: 1899

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Lilies of Japan, Page 12

Description: Page 12

Date: 1899

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Lilies of Japan, Page 11

Description: Page 11

Date: 1899

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Lilies of Japan, Page 10

Description: Page 10

Date: 1899

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Lilies of Japan, Page 1

Description: Page 1

Date: 1899

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