Descriptive catalogue of hardy ornamental trees, shrubs, herbaceous perennial pants, etc. : twenty-seventh edition
A nursery trade catalogue of hardy ornamental trees, shrubs, roses and perennials issued in its twenty-seventh edition by Ellwanger & Barry of Rochester, New York, in 1888, for gardeners and estate planters ordering stock by mail. The wood engravings isolate single leaves and small sprays against blank grounds, cut-leaved maples, sycamore and Japanese forms, with veins and toothed margins built from fine parallel hatching, giving designers clean silhouettes and botanical line texture for borders, labels and repeat patterns.
