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Title: North American and Carolina tree, shrub, and plant seed, imported and sold by Powell and Eddie, seedsmen, at the King's-Head, near Fetter-Lane, Holbourn, London
Identifier(s): text:249; APSimg6472; Goodman Number: 202; 973 C683 No. 236
Description: List of seeds available for purchase.
Creator: Powell and Eddie
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Biological Science; Broadside Subdivision: Botany and Horticulture; Seeds; Horticulture
Date: n.d.

Title: The acorns and their germination
Identifier(s): text:1182; local: APSimg6640; local: 191
Description: Describes the structure and development of acorns in numerous species of oaks (Quercus). Reprinted from the Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis 4 (no. 1), pp. 190-92.; Item call number: Pam. v. 1183, no. 7.
Creator: Engelmann, George, 1809-1884et al
Subject: Broadsides; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Biological Science; Broadside Subdivision: Botany and Horticulture; Botany; Oaks; Seeds
Date: [1880]

Title: The North American sylva, [missing line] of the forest trees, of the United States, Canada and Nova Scotia, considered particularly, with respect to their uses in the arts and introduction in commerce. Including also the description and figures of the most useful European forest trees.
Identifier(s): text:1783; APSimg6470; Goodman Number: 197; 973 C683 No. 44
Description: Prospectus for an English-language version of Michaux's three volume work published in 1817. Michaux's North America sylva was first published in French (1810-13).
Creator: Michaux, François André, 1770-1855
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Biological Science; Broadside Subdivision: Botany and Horticulture; Botany; Forests; Trees
Date: 1817

Title: 18, Cornwall Terrace, Regent's Park, London, N. W., Dec. 15th, 1889. Dear Sir, I am addressing this circular letter to a number of field botanists for the purpose of suggesting a line of research which can scarcely fail to prove of interest to some of them, while it would certainly prove of much help to me
Identifier(s): text:1786; APSimg6473; Goodman Number: 203; 973 C683 No. 312
Description: Requests cooperation from field botanists receiving letter to test his hypothesis that species originate from "sexual variation, such that while infertility continues unimpaired within the limits of the physiologically affected group, some degree of isolation supervenes between members of this group and the unaffected portion of the species." Signed in type by George J. Romanes.
Creator: Romanes, George John, 1848-1894
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Biological Science; Broadside Subdivision: Botany and Horticulture; Botany; Research
Date: 1889

Title: Prospectus d'un ouvrage ayant pour titre: Florindie, ou Histoire phisico-économique des végétaux de la torride.... Cet ouvrage, dédié au Cercle des Philadelphes, sera orné d'un grand nombre de figures dessinées & coloriées par l'auteur
Identifier(s): text:1135; local: APSimg6641; local: 192
Description: Received by the American Philosophical Society on March 20, 1789 from [Charles] Arthaud, secretary of the Cercle des Philadelphes. Includes illustration featuring design of sunrays and boughs tied with ribbon.; Item call number: Pam. v. 1086, no. 15.
Subject: Broadsides; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Biological Science; Broadside Subdivision: Botany and Horticulture; Botany; Plants
Date: 1788

Title: Tableau botanique des genres observes en Russie et disposes selon la méthode naturelle (Call number: 580 L62)
Identifier(s): text:540; APSimg6753; Goodman Number: 194
Description: Botanical table of specimens observed in Russia. The table is organized according to the "natural method."; Six individual sheets intended to be put together to form a single broadside. Extra oversized. Located in map cabinet.
Creator: Liboschitz, Joseph, 1783-1824
Source: Printed Material; http://opac.amphilsoc.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=48643
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Biological Science; Broadside Subdivision: Botany and Horticulture; Botany; Specimens; Plants
Date: 1810

Title: Catalogue of American trees, shrubs and herbacious [sic] plants, most of which are now growing, and produce ripe seed in John Bartram's Garden, near Philadelphia. The seed and growing plants of which are disposed of on most reasonable terms
Identifier(s): text:311; APSimg6736; Goodman Number: 189; 973 C683 No. 245
Description: The first sales catalogue of American plants issued in this country. After John Bartram, Sr.'s death in 1777, the family homestead and nursery business in Kingsessing, just outside of Philadelphia, passed on to the younger John Bartram who issued catalogues like this one for the next quarter of a century.; Location of original unknown.
Creator: Bartram, John, 1743-1812
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Biological Science; Broadside Subdivision: Botany and Horticulture; Botany; Nurseries (Horticulture); Horticulture
Date: [1783]

Title: Catalogue d'abres d'arbustes et de plantes qui croissent en Amérique, & produisent des graines en maturité dans le Jardin de John Bartram, près de Philadephie; qui se vendent en plantes ou en graines, le tout à juste pris
Identifier(s): text:363; APSimg6543; Goodman Number: 190; 973 C683 No. 233
Description: French language version of broadside #245. The first sales catalogue of American plants issued in this country. After John Bartram, Sr.'s death in 1777, the family homestead and nursery business in Kingsessing, just outside of Philadelphia, passed on to the younger John Bartram who issued catalogues like this one for the next quarter of a century.; Possibly Franklin imprint, see also Livingston, Benjamin Franklin and his Press at Passy, New York (1914):192.
Creator: Bartram, John, 1743-1812
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Biological Science; Broadside Subdivision: Botany and Horticulture; Plants; Sales catalogs; Botany; Horticulture
Date: [1783]

Title: Tillkånna gifves att...Peter Jonas Bergius, dog i Stockholm. den 10 Julii 1790
Identifier(s): text:235; APSimg6474; Goodman Number: 205; 973 C683 No. 221
Description: Notification of death of famous Swedish physician and botanist. Includes list of the scientific societies of which Bergius was a member. Read at APS meeting January 24, 1791.
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Biological Science; Broadside Subdivision: Botany and Horticulture; Bergius, Peter Jonas, 1730-1790; Announcements
Date: 1790

Title: A catalogue of garden-seeds, fruit-trees, flower-roots, and choice plants, sold by Powell and Eddie, seedsmen, at the King's Head, near Fetter-lane, in Holbourn, London
Identifier(s): text:334; APSimg6737; Goodman Number: 201; 973 C683 No. 235
Description: A list of seeds, herbs, and flowers available for sale.; Oversized.
Creator: Powell and Eddie
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Biological Science; Broadside Subdivision: Botany and Horticulture; Nurseries (Horticulture); Seeds; Herbs; Flowers; Trees
Date: n.d.

Title: The following letter furnished for the minutes by Mr. Price, will explain the history of the purchase of oaks in Europe
Identifier(s): text:1131; local: APSimg6642; local: 199
Description: Reproduces letter sent by John C. Cresson, chief engineer of Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, to Eli K. Price, chairman of the committee on nurseries, regarding the purchase of oaks in Europe for the Michaux Grove and Nursery in Fairmount Park.; Item call number: Pam. v. 951, no. 5.
Creator: Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.). Office of the Chief Engineeret al
Subject: Broadsides; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Biological Science; Broadside Subdivision: Botany and Horticulture; Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.); Oaks; Horticulture
Date: 1874

Title: Camellia Place, Spruce Street, west of Broad, Philadelphia. The proprietor of this establishment offers for sale 20,000 Camellia japonicas, of all sizes, embracing the newest kinds in cultivation
Identifier(s): text:843; APSimg6721; Goodman Number: 195
Description: Lists 128 varieties of camellias for sale. According to this broadside, Mackenzie's nursery contained over 20,000 camellias and 10,000 roses.; Located in Box #5.
Creator: Mackenzie, Peter
Source: Elisha Kent Kane Papers. Printed Material. (Mss.B.K132.p); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.K132.p-ead.xml
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Biological Science; Broadside Subdivision: Botany and Horticulture; Nurseries (Horticulture); Plants; Roses
Date: 1847

Title: premiers cahiers d'un ouvrage botanique d'origine Batave, publié récemment sous le titre de Flora Batava, o Représentation & des
Identifier(s): text:593; APSimg6726; Goodman Number: 198
Description: Manuscript date of October 2, 1801. Autograph signature of Johannes Goldberg, minister of political economy of the Batavia Republic. Prospectus the first three volumes of a series to be entitled, Flora Batava, or Representation & Description of the Batavian Plants.; Located in folder: 1801 October 2, Batavian Republic to APS.
Creator: Ministre d'Économie Politique de la Republique Batave
Source: American Philosophical Society Archives (APS.Archives); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/APS.Archives-ead.xml
Subject: Broadsides; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Biological Science; Broadside Subdivision: Botany and Horticulture; Natural history; Botany; Plants
Date: ca. 1801

Title: Hitcham horticultural show. Programme for July 12th, 1854
Identifier(s): text:768; APSimg6697; Goodman Number: 193
Description: Broadside advertising a horticultural show. The document also indicates that exhibits from the "animal" and "mineral" kingdoms will be shown.
Source: Thomas Campbell Eyton Papers (Mss.B.Ey83);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Biological Science; Broadside Subdivision: Botany and Horticulture; Horticulture; Natural history; Animals; Minerals
Date: 1854

Title: Nachricht. Bey dem heut zu Tage immer mehr geschäzten Studium der Botanik
Identifier(s): text:699; APSimg6569; Goodman Number: 204
Description: Prospectus for Sturm's Deutchlands Flora in Abbilbungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen ansündige published in 1798.
Creator: Sturm, Jakob, 1771-1848
Source: Violetta Delafield-Benjamin Smith Barton Collection (Mss.B.B284d); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.B284d-ead.xml
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Biological Science; Broadside Subdivision: Botany and Horticulture; Natural history; Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815; Botany
Date: 1796

Title: A catalogue of botanical, gardening, & agricultural books for sale by Bernard M'Mahon, seedsman, no. 129, Chesnut-Street, Philadelphia
Identifier(s): text:710; APSimg6568; Goodman Number: 196
Description: M'Mahon, author of American gardener's calendar which was republished in eleven editions, was entrusted by Thomas Jefferson with the seeds brought back from the Lewis and Clark Expedition.; A fragment, equaling approximately one-half of the original broadside.
Creator: M’Mahon, Bernard, 1775?-1816
Source: Violetta Delafield-Benjamin Smith Barton Collection (Mss.B.B284d); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.B284d-ead.xml
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Biological Science; Broadside Subdivision: Botany and Horticulture; Natural history; Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815; Bookselling; Botany; Horticulture
Date: n.d.

Title: University of Pennsylvania. A course of lectures on botany. By Benjamin Smith Barton, M.D., professor of materia medica, natural history, and botany
Identifier(s): text:706; APSimg6570; Goodman Number: 187
Description: Admission ticket for lecture. One copy is filled in with the date April 25, 1800. Both are initialed by Barton. Immediately after returning from medical studies abroad in 1789, Barton became professor of natural history and botany at the University of Pennsylvania. In 1795 also assumed the responsibilities of the materia medica chair.; See also Goodman #188 and #188a.
Creator: Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815
Source: Violetta Delafield-Benjamin Smith Barton Collection (Mss.B.B284d); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.B284d-ead.xml
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Biological Science; Broadside Subdivision: Botany and Horticulture; Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815; Botany; Public speaking
Date: ca. 1800

Title: The names and births of the children of John and Ann Bartram, viz.
Identifier(s): text:243; APSimg6471; Goodman Number: 200; 973 C683 No. 736
Description: Lists the ten children of this famed American botanist-explorer and nurseryman, at least two of whom followed their father in choice of vocation.; Clipping
Creator: Philadelphia County (Pa.). Kingsess Township
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Biological Science; Broadside Subdivision: Botany and Horticulture; Bartram, John, 1699-1777; Bartram, William, 1739-1823
Date: n.d.

Title: University of Pennsylvania. A course of lectures on botany. By Benjamin Smith Barton, M.D., professor of materia medica, natural history, and botany
Identifier(s): text:708; APSimg6571; Goodman Number: 188
Description: Admission ticket for lecture. Immediately after returning from medical studies abroad in 1789, Barton became professor of natural history and botany at the University of Pennsylvania. In 1795 also assumed the responsibilities of the materia medica chair.; See also Goodman #187 and #188a.
Creator: Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815
Source: Violetta Delafield-Benjamin Smith Barton Collection (Mss.B.B284d); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.B284d-ead.xml
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Biological Science; Broadside Subdivision: Botany and Horticulture; Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815; Botany; Public speaking
Date: 181_

Title: University of Pennsylvania. A course of lectures on botany. By Benjamin Smith Barton, M.D., professor of materia medica, natural history, and botany
Identifier(s): text:707; APSimg6572; Goodman Number: 188a
Description: Admission ticket for lecture filled in for April 22nd, 1806 and initialed by Barton. Immediately after returning from medical studies abroad in 1789, Barton became professor of natural history and botany at the University of Pennsylvania. In 1795 also assumed the responsibilities of the materia medica chair.; See also Goodman #187 and #188.
Creator: Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815
Source: Violetta Delafield-Benjamin Smith Barton Collection (Mss.B.B284d); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.B284d-ead.xml
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Biological Science; Broadside Subdivision: Botany and Horticulture; Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815; Botany; Public speaking
Date: 1806