Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow - New York Botanical Garden

 Nurserymen and the Making of the American Landscape

Planting

an

Empire

Camden Burd

• Introduction

• Chapter 1 - Flour City

• Chapter 2 - Nurserymen

• Chapter 3 - Empire

• Chapter 4 - Flower City

• Chapter 5 - Bugs

• Chapter 6 - Ornament

• Conclusion

Manuscript Structure

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San Jose scale

1895

1905

1915

Teaching

Public History &

Collaboration

Intergenerational &

Multi-institutional

Thank you.