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J. Linden, Établissement d’introduction et d’horticulture:
Catalogue général. 1880. - No. 101. Gand [Gent], 1880, pp. 116, 8vo (156 x 238 mm), printed wrappers (numeral). € 125
Jean Jules Linden (1817-1898), Luxembourg botanical explorer, plant dealer at Luxemburg, director of the Jardin
royal de Zoologie et d’Horticulture, Brussels. Continuing his activities as
plant introducer and dealer both in Brussels and Gent (buying the Ambroise
Verschaffelt nursery in 1873) in his firms Compagnie continentale d’horticulture
and Horticulture internationale. Linden issued sales catalogues from 1846
onward, which often contained descriptions of new taxa as well as illustrations
of new or rare plants. They are frequently cited in the literature and difficult
to find.* Stafleu & Cowan 4627.
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