THE EXHIBITION


Introduction
Biography
Botany
Horticulture
NY State College of Agriculture
Cornell University
Nature Study
Education of Women
Commission on Country Life
Hortorium
   Hortorium Brochure
   Squash Specimen
   Carrot Specimen
   Ethel Zoe Bailey
   Horticultural Catalog Collection
   LHB with Rubus Specimen
   LHB at his Hortorium
Photography
Writings
Travel


LIBERTY HYDE BAILEY HORTORIUM

The Ethel Zoe Bailey Horticultural Catalogue Collection

The Ethel Zoe Bailey Horticultural Catalogue Collection maintained by the Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium now includes over 134,000 catalogs from the U.S. and other countries. Started by Liberty Hyde Bailey around 1888, it was curated by Ethel Zoe Bailey from 1911 on. It was named in her honor after her death. An exhibition, “Mail Order Gardens: The Ethel Zoe Bailey Horticultural Catalogue Collection,” with a larger selection of catalogs, will be on exhibit in Mann Library until August 31, 2004.


Peter Henderson & Co. Peter Henderson & Co’s. Manual of Everything for the Garden. New York, 1887.

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