Camden Burd

Ph.D. Candidate - University of Rochester

"Their acres multiplied, their trees amount

To millions yearly, by the smallest count.

From frosty regions to the sunny south,

From Kennebec’s to Sacramento’s mouth,

For replantation comes a large demand,

They spread their fruit and fragrance o’er the land."

Dissertation Structure

• Chapter 1 - Flour City

• Chapter 2 - Good Nurserymen

• Chapter 3 - Empire

• Chapter 4 - Flower City

• Chapter 5 - Bugs

• Chapter 6 - Ornament

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