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Definition of Nurserymen
1. nurseryman [n] - See also: nurseryman
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nurserymen
Literary usage of Nurserymen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biennial Report by Oregon Board of Horticulture (1905)
"During the great boom of tree-planting here some twelve or fifteen years ago,
the demand for trees was so great that local nurserymen could not supply it ..."
2. Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain by John Claudius Loudon (1854)
"PRICED CATALOGUES OF TREES AND SHRUBS, CONTRIBUTED BY BRITISH AND CONTINENTAL
nurserymen. THE prices of trees and shrubs vary permanently in different ..."
3. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1907)
"There are a great many nurserymen who send out to men who have had long experience
... The orchardists are careless in giving this stock to the nurserymen. ..."
4. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"A few varieties, the kernels of which crack out more or less perfectly, are now
listed by the nurserymen. The two best known are the Thomas, introduced from ..."
5. The Forester: A Practical Treatise on British Forestry and Arboriculture for by John Nisbet (1905)
"Purchase of Plants from nurserymen.—Only healthy plants should be selected, ...
The mere height of the plants as quoted in nurserymen's catalogues is no ..."
6. Annals of Horticulture in North America for the Year ...: A Witness of by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1890)
"American Association of nurserymen. The fourteenth annual meeting of the American
Association of nurserymen was held in Chicago, June 5 and 6. ..."
7. The Apples of New York by Spencer Ambrose Beach, Nathaniel Ogden Booth, Orrin Morehouse Taylor (1905)
"The tree being of slender, slow growth in the nursery is not a favorite with
nurserymen and although it makes a large productive tree in the orchard it is ..."
8. Annual Report of the Wisconsin State Horticultural Society by Wisconsin State Horticultural Society (1900)
"SUGGESTIONS TO WISCONSIN nurserymen. ... Appropriate with the program, my paper
should contain 'suggestions only and to Wisconsin' nurserymen. ..."
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