family papers
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Royal Palm Nurseries Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0444
Abstract
In 1881 Pliny Reasoner, just turned eighteen years of age, arrived in Manatee County, Florida, from his home in the Midwest. Over the next seven years, he built Royal Palm Nurseries, an enterprise that would become Florida’s longest established nursery business. This collection documents the founding and early history of Royal Palm Nurseries and contains a run of the nursery catalogs that provide information on early horticulture and the introduction of new plants to Florida.
Dates:
1846 - 1980; Majority of material found within 1857 - 1930