Directory of digitized periodicals related to gardens and flowers, which includes __ titles from

19 countries, with approx. __ individual issues available, as well as 2 collections. All free to access as of when I listed them. Dates correspond to the issues available digitized. Feel free to send me things to add, and please let me know if a link is no longer functional.

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 Please make sure to credit the digitizing institution if using materials found here,

and check their policies for use before using for commercial purposes :-) 

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Gardening Books, Magazines, and Catalogs

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• Das Ideenmagazin für Liebhaber von Gärten, englischen Anlagen und Besitzer von Landgütern, 1796-1802, 1806. German magazine on garden design, with illustrations of architectural plans, furniture design, and garden follies.

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Gardening Collections

• A Short History of the Seed and Nursery Catalogue in Europe & the U.S., 1612-1960. Covers the development of the commercial seed catalog, as demonstrated through catalogs in the collection of Oregon State University.

• Biodiversity Heritage Library. Massive digitized Smithsonian collection.

• NYBG Mertz Digital Collections. From the library of the New York Botanical Gardens.

• NYBG Recommendations.