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At its peak, the Biltmore Nursery ranked among the largest and most prolific nurseries in the world. The nursery was created to provide the millions of plants needed to adorn Biltmore Estate?EUR??,,????'?????<

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It follows the nursery from its establishment in 1889 to its destruction in a catastrophic flood in 1916. The profusely illustrated catalog offers a guide to the cultivated trees, shrubs and plants of North America during the early 20th century, with more than 1,700 distinct varieties described. The author, Bill Alexander, is the landscape and forest historian for the Biltmore Estate.

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