Volume Col-1088

Scope and Contents Anonymous manuscript describing the W. C. Wilson nursery in Astoria, Queens, written chiefly in French with ink text and pencil drawings. Wilson's nursery was located on two large parcels of land at Steinway Avenue in Astoria, and this description documents its facilities and plant stock in detail. The work is divided into three sections: a description of the nursery's greenhouses and the plants in each; a discussion of ornamental borders, including 10 drawings of designs for these; and a...