|
Compagnie continentale d’horticulture. Ancienne firme J. Linden:
Catalogue des plantes de serres et de pleine terre. No. 105. - 1881-1882. Gand [Gent], 1881, pp. 84, 8vo (152 x 233 mm), printed wrappers (numeral, lower cover missing?). Enclosed printed letter announcing the change of company name. € 95
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.* Not in Stafleu & Cowan.
HOME
·
INDEX
·
J. Linden | |