Catalogue général des asperges, fraisiers, vignes, arbres fruitiers, etc
Subtitle: et de la bibliothèque du gentilhomme Campagnard : qui se trouvent chez A. Godefroy-Lebeuf, gendre et successeur, 26, Route de Sannois, 26, a Argenteuil (Seine-et-Oise)
Publisher: Maison V.-F. Lebeuf?
Published: 1869
Place of publication: Argenteuil, France?
Language: fre
Number of pages: 36
Subjects: Catalogs; Asparagus; Strawberries; Fruit; Vegetables; Nurseries (Horticulture); Nursery stock; Horticulture; Agricultural implements; Maison V.-F. Lebeuf (Firm)
Other titles: Asperges, fraisiers, vignes, arbres fruitiers, etc.; Catalogue général de la Maison A. Godefroy-Lebeuf
Description: "Almost one-third of the catalogue is devoted to various strawberry varieties, including oval-shaped and rectangular-shaped ones. Among other subjects discussed are asparagus, fruit trees, vegetables, potatoes, different types of vines, roses, violets, pansies, greenhouse plants, orchids, various shrubs, and more. Godefroy-Lebeuf is generous with his explanatory captions, which are rich in information regarding how and when to plant and in which kind of soil. He often gives the origin of his fruits and vegetables and notes several coming from North America (Amsden peaches, Kieffer pears, etc. ...). He highlights the best types of fruits for preserves, pies and fruit syrups including tips for their preparation. Surpirsingly, a good number of them are American fruits. The catalogue concludes with the "Library of a getleman-farmer," a five-page list of books which are offered for sale at his nursery in Argenteuil and the wrappers of his catalog advertise garden tools for sale."--bookseller Martayan Lan datasheet.
Notes: Title from item.

"Ce catalogue annule les précédents : automne 1885 & printemps 1886."

At head of title: Seul établissement spécial pour la multiplication des asperges d'Argenteuil; Maison V.-F. Lebeuf, horticulteur-pépinièriste.

"Outils de la Maison Saynor, de Sheffield, représentée par la Maison Godefroy-Lebeuf, à Argenteuil (Seine-et-Oise)": inside front cover; "Outils et acessoires de jardinage en dépot chez M. Godefroy-Lebeuf, a Argenteuil": inside back cover.

"An abundantly illustrated catalogue advertising plants, seeds, books, and garden tools, with corresponding prices for sale at "Maison V.-F. Lebeuf," the only nursery specializing in growing Argenteuil asparagus, as the title page [front cover] declares. It's author, Alexandre Godefroy-Lebeuf (1852-1903) was an important horticulturist and plant collector whose family had once owned a botanical garden in Paris with specimens from the French colonies. Godefroy-Lebeuf is best known as one of the pioneer providers of Hevea barsiliensis, the rubber tree common in Brazil, to Europe, and as an orchid specialist, who published a magazine on orchids, L'Orchidophile, from 1881 to 1893. On [unnumbered] page 2 of this catalogue, he is referred to as "the former chief gardener of the Saigon botanical garden," "a pupil of the Museum d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris and of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew" as well as a member of the Society of Geography and the French Society of Horticulture ['Ex-jardinier-chief au Jardin botanique de Saigon, ex-voyageur attaché au Museum, élève du Museum, du Jardin royal de Kew, Membre de la Société de Géographie, Membre de la Société de France, de la Société d'Horticulture de Cherbourg, de la Société d'Horticulture pratique, etc., etc.']. Specimens from his collection are currently in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew."--bookseller Martayan Lan datasheet.

Some illustrations (wood engravings) are signed by Jacques Bisson, Yves and Barret, and H. Legrand.

Cover title.

"Bibliotheque du gentilhomme campagnard : choix des meilleurs ouvrages sur l'agriculture, l'horticulture, etc.": pages 32-36.

"Ouvrages de M. V.-F. Lebeuf": back cover.