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Excerpt from General Catalogue of Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, Roses, Etc: Cultivated and for Sale at the Mount Hope Nurseries, Rochester, N. Y., 1890 Although the descriptions in this general catalogue are necessarily brief, we have made them sufficiently comprehensive to answer every purpose, and we are sure that the book will be found very useful to all who are interested in fruits and owers. We take especial pleasure in addressing our patrons at this time, for this year we cele brate the fiftieth anniversary of the establishment of our Nursery. Beginning with a few acres and no capital except industry, perseverance and a determination to succeed, we made progress slowly at first. On two occasions fire destroyed all of our buildings and hail ruined our stock, and so very discouraging was the outlook that we were on the' point of giving up the business; but, after carefully considering the matter, we resolved to make another attempt, and starting anew, put forth all our energies, and from that time, success crowned our efforts. Space will not permit or we could give many interesting facts and experiences which would show conclusively that success was only achieved by years of hard labor, mental and physical; but being young, strong and ambitious, we did not take into account labor, so long as we accomplished what we set out to do. The history of the progress and development of the business cannot be shown in any better way than by quoting from our catalogues issued at different times, as the demands of our business required. In the preface to our catalogue issued in 1846, six years after starting, the following statement is made: ' Our Nursery grounds are quite extensive. We at present occupy fifteen acres and are prepared to plant six more the ensuing autumn. Our purpose is, and has been since the formation of our establishment, to make here in Western New York, a collection of fruits unsurpassed by any in the country, embracing every valuable var